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tutin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
tutin
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poisonous compound found in the New Zealand tutu plant, with powerful convulsant effects.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Māori tutubor. English tutu Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English tutin From tutu + -in.

Usage

Questions

What does tutin mean?
A poisonous compound found in the New Zealand tutu plant, with powerful convulsant effects.
Where does tutin come from?
Etymology tree Māori tutubor. English tutu Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English tutin From tutu + -in.

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