Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dowagerial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dowa-ge-ri-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or like a dowager.

Example Sentences

"After the kids had had their giggle, she said with her dowagerial smile, ‘And I’m told that you glory in it.’"

Etymology

dowager + -ial

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dowager

Inflected Forms

more dowagerial (comparative) most dowagerial (superlative)

Questions

What does dowagerial mean?: Of, pertaining to, or like a dowager.
Where does dowagerial come from?: dowager + -ial

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