pyxis

Other forms of pyxis

plural

pyxides

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pyxis

What does pyxis mean?

pyxis means "fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pyxis?

pyxis has 2 syllables: pyx-is. The stress falls on "pyx". In IPA it is /ˈpɪksɪs/.

What is another word for pyxis?

Close synonyms include pyxidium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pyxis a common word?

pyxis 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.