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contraventional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-ven-tion-al
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That contravenes

adj

Relating to a contravention

Etymology

From contravention + -al.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does contraventional mean?
That contravenes
Where does contraventional come from?
From contravention + -al.

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