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obituarian

/əˌbɪt͡ʃəˈwɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
obit-u-ar-i-an
IPA
/əˌbɪt͡ʃəˈwɛɹi.ən/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who writes obituaries.

Etymology

From obituary + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˌbɪt͡ʃəˈwɛɹi.ən/
  • British English: /əˌbɪt͡ʃʊˈɛəɹi.ən/

Inflected Forms

obituarians (plural)

Rhymes With

non-proletarian pseudo-riparian super-centenarian wiktionarian nontrinitarian tricenarian denarian singularitarian lactoovovegetarian formicarian malabarian antitotalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce obituarian?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˌbɪt͡ʃəˈwɛɹi.ən/.
What does obituarian mean?
One who writes obituaries.
Where does obituarian come from?
From obituary + -ian.

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