Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anteglacial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-teglacial
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring before a glacial period.

Example Sentences

"I followed it for a time—to the delta and the swamps, and at last to the flashing sea where that great beast Abaia, carried from the farther shores of the universe in anteglacial days, wallows until the moment comes for him and his kind to devour the continents."

Etymology

From ante- + glacial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ante-

Questions

What does anteglacial mean?: Occurring before a glacial period.
Where does anteglacial come from?: From ante- + glacial.

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