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zizanium.

cockle, darnel, tares, wild vetch; (noxious weed in the grain);

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[zɪzˈzaː.ni.ũː]Classical-Latin[zɪzˈza.ni.ũː]Classical-Latin[d͡zidˈd͡zaː.ni.um]

  1. cockle, tares, darnel (a weed, probably Lolium temulentum)

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · often · plural

  2. used metaphorically of vices such as jealousy, discord etc.

    Ecclesiastical · Latin · declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζιζάνιον (zizánion), from Aramaic, from Sumerian 𒍣𒍝𒀭 (zizān, “wheat”).

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