Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ultralegal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ul-tra-le-gal
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Going beyond what is authorized or set out by law.

Example Sentences

"I want to say at this time I shall have something to say in regard to the enlarged powers of the comptroller, which I think are ultralegal, in which he has taken over the functions of the Government entirely without regard to any authorization of law."
"Public opinion had softened Hull's earlier ultralegal position that Americans who enlisted in the armies of foreign countries had lost their citizenship, […]"

Etymology

From ultra- + legal. Piecewise doublet of ultraloyal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ultra

Inflected Forms

more ultralegal (comparative) most ultralegal (superlative)

Questions

What does ultralegal mean?: Going beyond what is authorized or set out by law.
Where does ultralegal come from?: From ultra- + legal. Piecewise doublet of ultraloyal.

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