troche
/ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lozenge; a cough drop.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "At night when you go to bed, take two drams of fine Gum Tragecanth, put it into a Galli-pot, and put half a quarter of a pint of any distilling water fitting the purpose you would make your Troches for, to it, cover it, and the next morning you shall finde it in such a Jelly as Physician, call Mussilage, with this you may (with a little pains taking) make any Pouder into Paste, and that Paste into little Cakes called Troches."
- "The Germ. Pharm. states that the troches (pastilles) are to be made by compression or by massing with a suitable excipient, and forming into troches."
- "The troches are weighed and the average weight per troche for that base is calculated."
Etymology
Medical English got troche and trochiscus from late Latin trochiscus; from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, “a small ball”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰregʰ-, τρόχισκος, τροχός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
- British English: /ˈtɹəʊʃ/