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synteretic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syn-teretic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Preserving health; prophylactic.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συντηρητικός (suntērētikós, “preservative”). See synteresis for more.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: συντηρητικός

Usage

Inflected Forms

more synteretic (comparative) most synteretic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

synteresis

Questions

What does synteretic mean?
Preserving health; prophylactic.
Where does synteretic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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