Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: veinal
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.

Example Sentences

"He supplemented the already-satisfying mixture with his secret touch […], which was to employ a sprinkling of Cobalt Blue, this simulating the depleted veinal blood that circulated just below the human epidermis."

Etymology

From vein + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vein

Derived Forms

interveinal

Questions

What does veinal mean?: Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.
Where does veinal come from?: From vein + -al.

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