Word Lovers Blog: Dolicho-

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Today's Root of The Day is DOLICH-/DOLICHO- 

Dolich-/Dolicho- is a Greek root that simply means long/narrow.

[Pronounced: dah-li-koh]

Here are a few example words:

Dolichoid[dah-li-koid] is an adjective that means tending to be long or narrow. 

Example: Izzy's delicious banana was dolichoid.

(Note: Latin -oid means resembling)

Dolichuric[dah-luh-kyur-ik) is an adjective that means having a redundant(exceeding what is normal) syllable.

Example: Sometimes, when you sing a song, you might accidentally add an extra sound to a word, making it a little dolichuric, like singing "tee-hee-hee" instead of just "tee-hee."

And that wraps up our look at the dolich-/dolicho- root, showing us how one small Greek word can describe everything from shapes to syllables.