Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barnacular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-nac-u-lar
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.

Example Sentences

"It was a very uncertain matter what rock would be the basis of his future solidification into a housekeeping and sedate shell-fish ; or if he wasn't swallowed up by some big-bellied monster beforehand, and so altogether robbed of the patriarchal barnacular possibility."
"Incidentally again, he perpetuated the idea of the barnacular origin of a goose, which persisted for around 500 years."

Etymology

From barnacle + -ar.

Questions

What does barnacular mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of barnacles.
Where does barnacular come from?: From barnacle + -ar.

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