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terraceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ra-ceous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling earth (soil, dirt).

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin terra (“earth”) + -aceous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more terraceous (comparative) most terraceous (superlative)

Synonyms

earthen earthy

Questions

What does terraceous mean?
Resembling earth (soil, dirt).
Where does terraceous come from?
From Latin terra (“earth”) + -aceous.

How to pronounce terraceous

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