Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tophaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: topha-ceous
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

gravelly; sandy; rough; stony

Archaic

adj

Relating to tophus.

Example Sentences

"tophaceous colour"
"tophaceous concretion"
"tophaceous matter"
"tophaceous gout"

Etymology

From Latin tophaceus, tofaceus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tophaceus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more tophaceous (comparative) most tophaceous (superlative)

Questions

What does tophaceous mean?: gravelly; sandy; rough; stony
Where does tophaceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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