Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lautiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lau-tious-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Sumptuously, elegantly, in an elegant or sumptuous manner.

Obsolete

Etymology

1547 coined by Andrew Boorde from Latin lautus + -i- + -ous + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more lautiously (comparative) most lautiously (superlative)

Questions

What does lautiously mean?
Sumptuously, elegantly, in an elegant or sumptuous manner.
Where does lautiously come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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