Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humanitary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man-i-tary
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary."

Etymology

From humanity + -ary.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more humanitary (comparative) most humanitary (superlative)

Questions

What does humanitary mean?: humanitarian
Where does humanitary come from?: From humanity + -ary.

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