Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stirp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stirp
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A line descended from a single ancestor.

noun

A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.

Etymology

Back-formation from stirps.

Inflected Forms

stirps (plural) stirpes (plural)

Questions

What does stirp mean?: A line descended from a single ancestor.
Where does stirp come from?: Back-formation from stirps.

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