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Yes. The word nuncio is a Scrabble US word. The word nuncio is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

NUNCIO,

5-letter words (2 found)

CONIN,UNION,

4-letter words (9 found)

CION,COIN,CONI,CONN,ICON,NONI,NOUN,UNCI,UNCO,

3-letter words (6 found)

CON,INN,ION,NON,NUN,UNI,

2-letter words (8 found)

IN,IO,NO,NU,OI,ON,OU,UN,

You can make 26 words from nuncio according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nuncio

nuncio

Etymology

From Spanish nuncio, from Latin nūntius (“envoy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʌnʃiˌoʊ/, /-siˌoʊ/

Noun

nuncio (plural nuncios)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.
  2. (by extension) One who bears a message; a messenger.
  3. (historical) Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen.

Derived terms

  • nuncioship
  • nunciotist

Related terms

  • internuncio
  • nunciature
  • Pro-nuncio (defunct since 1991)

Translations

References

  • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.), volume VI (L–N), part ii (M–N, 1908), § 2 (N, ed. William Alexander Craigie), page 263 s.v. “Nuncio”

Further reading

  • nuncio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • uncoin

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.ki.oː/, [ˈnuːŋkioː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnun.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈnun̠ʲt͡ʃio]

Noun

nūnciō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of nūncius

References

  • “nuncio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūntius.

Noun

nuncio m (plural nuncios)

  1. messenger
  2. (Catholicism) nuncio

Further reading

  • “nuncio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org