Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fatesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fate-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by fate; fateful.

Example Sentences

"One fatesome day while waiting for my landscaping friend to pop by, I was taking an afternoon shower sheerly out of boredom when my dog began barking."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fate Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fatesome From fate + -some.

Inflected Forms

more fatesome (comparative) most fatesome (superlative)

Synonyms

momentous significant big central consequential critical crucial epochful essential extraordinary fateful fatefraught

Questions

What does fatesome mean?: Characterised or marked by fate; fateful.
Where does fatesome come from?: Etymology tree English fate Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fatesome From fate + -some.

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