Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dearsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dear-some
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly

Example Sentences

"See, if you don't cut that rope, inside o' three moons your dearsome fam'ly be dead, I vow it!"
"Standing, a dearsome almond tree [...]"

Etymology

From dear + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dear

Inflected Forms

more dearsome (comparative) most dearsome (superlative)

Questions

What does dearsome mean?: Characterised or marked by dearness; precious; costly
Where does dearsome come from?: From dear + -some.

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