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unmellifluous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-mel-liflu-ous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not mellifluous; harsh-sounding; dissonant.

Etymology

From un- + mellifluous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unmellifluous (comparative) most unmellifluous (superlative)

Questions

What does unmellifluous mean?
Not mellifluous; harsh-sounding; dissonant.
Where does unmellifluous come from?
From un- + mellifluous.

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