Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inadventurous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ad-ven-tur-ous
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not adventurous.

Example Sentences

"Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English adventurous English inadventurous From in- + adventurous.

Inflected Forms

more inadventurous (comparative) most inadventurous (superlative)

Questions

What does inadventurous mean?: Not adventurous.
Where does inadventurous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English adventurous English inadventurous From in- + adventurous.

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