Meaning and example
of or relating to cartilage
The passage used "cartilaginous" to mean of or relating to cartilage.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.258 places cartilaginous in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 60.3% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 60.3%
take exception to
- Known by
- 60.1%
the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
- Known by
- 60.7%
manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
- Known by
- 60.7%
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
- Known by
- 59.7%
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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