pyrogallic

1. 1.

   of or relating to pyrogallol

Questions about pyrogallic

What does pyrogallic mean?

pyrogallic means "of or relating to pyrogallol".

How many syllables are in pyrogallic?

pyrogallic has 4 syllables and divides as py-ro-gal-lic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pyrogallic a common word?

pyrogallic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.