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styptic pencil

styp·tic pen·cil
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stip-tik pen-suh l]
    • /ˈstɪp tɪk ˈpɛn səl/
    • /ˈstɪptɪk ˈpensl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stip-tik pen-suh l]
    • /ˈstɪp tɪk ˈpɛn səl/

Definitions of styptic pencil words

  • noun styptic pencil a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts. 1
  • noun styptic pencil a styptic agent in the form of a small stick, for application to razor nicks, etc 0
  • noun styptic pencil a small stick of a styptic substance, as alum, used to stop bleeding, as from razor nicks 0
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Origin of styptic pencil

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Styptic pencil

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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styptic pencil popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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