stalagmite
/stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead."
- "Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek σταλάσσω (stalássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. New Latin -ītēs Ancient Greek σταλάσσω (stalássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σταλαγμός (stalagmós) ▲ New Latin -ītēs New Latin stalagmītēsbor. English stalagmite From New Latin stalagmītēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: stalagmītēs, στάλαγμα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/
- British English: /ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/