Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nigritudinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nigri-tudi-nous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Black in color.

Formal

Etymology

From Latin nigritūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin nigritūdō, from niger + -tūdō. By surface analysis, nigritude + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nigritūdō
Suffix: -ous, niger

Usage

Formal

Inflected Forms

more nigritudinous (comparative) most nigritudinous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

nigritude

Questions

What does nigritudinous mean?: Black in color.
Where does nigritudinous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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