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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tuffaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
tuffa-ceous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the nature or texture of tuff.

Etymology

From tuff + -aceous.

Inflected Forms

more tuffaceous (comparative) most tuffaceous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

tufaceous

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does tuffaceous mean?
Of the nature or texture of tuff.
Where does tuffaceous come from?
From tuff + -aceous.

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