Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vagitus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vagi-tus
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crying of a newborn baby.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Possibly his first little wolfish howl (for it would be monstrous to think that he or even Remus condescended to a vagitus or cry such as a young tailor or rat-catcher might emit) […]"

Etymology

From Latin vāgītus (“crying, wailing”), from vāgiō (“cry, wail”).

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

vagitus uterinus

Questions

What does vagitus mean?: The crying of a newborn baby.
Where does vagitus come from?: From Latin vāgītus (“crying, wailing”), from vāgiō (“cry, wail”).

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