Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexpartite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sex-par-tite
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"This rib divided the vault bay into six compartments (of unequal size) rather than four. This is known as a sexpartite vault and is mainly to be seen in French Gothic architecture but occurs also in England at Canterbury Cathedral."

Etymology

From sex- + partite.

Synonyms

hexapartite//hexpartite

Questions

What does sexpartite mean?: In six parts.
Where does sexpartite come from?: From sex- + partite.

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