Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vermiculture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-mi-cul-ture
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There is an ecological message. There is some product placement. It’s kind of great, if you groove on Richard Brautigan and can dig a vermiculture subplot."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermisbor. English vermi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English vermiculture From vermi- + culture.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does vermiculture mean?: The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons.
Where does vermiculture come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermisbor. English vermi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English vermiculture From vermi- + culture.

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