Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deletorious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dele-to-ri-ous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of deleterious.

Example Sentences

"And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…]"
"[…]of which there are various kinds, all of them of a deletorious quality, ſome in a greater and others in a leſſer degree[…]"
"Mutations are mostly deletorious and recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals. So most of them are of no practical value since mutants are unable to compete with the wild type."

Inflected Forms

more deletorious (comparative) most deletorious (superlative)

Rhymes With

unvictorious

Questions

What does deletorious mean?: Alternative spelling of deleterious.

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