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setose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
se-tose
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Etymology

Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).

Inflected Forms

more setose (comparative) most setose (superlative) setous (alternative)

Derived Forms

asetose bisetose multisetose quadrisetose setosely trisetose

Synonyms

barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous spiny thorny

Questions

What does setose mean?
Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Where does setose come from?
Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).

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