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petrificus.

turning into stone, petrific, petrifactive

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[pɛˈtrɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[peˈtriː.fi.kus]
  1. turning into stone, petrific, petrifactive

    Medieval-Latin · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin petra Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin petrificus From petra (“rock”) + -ficus.

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