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zoothapsis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zoothap-sis
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

premature burial

Archaic; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós, “alive”) and θάπτω (tháptō, “bury”).

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Questions

What does zoothapsis mean?
premature burial
Where does zoothapsis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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