Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shiversome

/ˈʃɪvəɹsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shiv-er-some
IPA: /ˈʃɪvəɹsəm/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by shivering.

Example Sentences

"The Mourning After brings you a shiversome story from a suicidal teenager."
"My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me."

Etymology

From shiver + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shiver

Inflected Forms

more shiversome (comparative) most shiversome (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce shiversome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɪvəɹsəm/.
What does shiversome mean?: Characterised or marked by shivering.
Where does shiversome come from?: From shiver + -some.

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