Pronounced: TUR-uh-file (alternative: TUR-uh-FIE-uhl), noun
Notes: A fancy word for a person
Yesterday’s word
The word saprogenic means “causing or produced by decay”
First usage
This word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
The word comes from Greek sapro- (rotten) and -genic (producing)
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