Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heathenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hea-thenous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a heathen.

Etymology

Alteration of earlier heathenish, analysable as heathen + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: heathen

Inflected Forms

more heathenous (comparative) most heathenous (superlative)

Synonyms

heathenish pagan uncivilized animalistic barbarian barbaric barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike

Questions

What does heathenous mean?: Characteristic of a heathen.
Where does heathenous come from?: Alteration of earlier heathenish, analysable as heathen + -ous.

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