How do you pronounce tardigrade?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/.

tardigrade

/ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: tar-di-grade
IPA: /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

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Meaning

adj

Sluggish; moving slowly.

noun

A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

noun

A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Each tendril ending in a perfect claw, / Obeys the whole routine of Nature's law; / Transforms each sinus to a sylvan shade, / Though p'rhaps its force is rather tardigrade."
"He ran on into the piazza, but he quickly heard the tramp of feet behind him, for the other two prisoners had been released, and the soldiers were struggling and fighting their way after them, in such tardigrade fashion as their hoof-shaped shoes would allow—impeded, but not very resolutely attacked, by the people."
"In sorrow, its voice is tardigrade but loud, dragging time at a snail's pace before our eyes."

Etymology

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), equivalent to Latin tardus + -i- + -grade.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tardigradus, Tardigrada

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more tardigrade (comparative) most tardigrade (superlative) tardigrades (plural)

Derived Forms

tardigradous eutardigrade tardigradologist

Synonyms

water bear

Rhymes With

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