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valetudinarious

/ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vale-tu-di-nar-i-ous
IPA
/ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛɹi.əs/
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sickly, infirm, valetudinarian.

Etymology

From Latin valētūdin- + -ary + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -ary + -ous. Adapted borrowing of Latin valētūdinārius + -ous. Doublet of valetudinary.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛɹi.əs/
  • British English: /ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

more valetudinarious (comparative) most valetudinarious (superlative)

Rhymes With

omnivicarious solitarious noncalcareous corneo-calcareous noncarious nightmarious librarious lampadarius howlarious duplicarius nonvicarious armarius

Questions

How do you pronounce valetudinarious?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛɹi.əs/.
What does valetudinarious mean?
Sickly, infirm, valetudinarian.
Where does valetudinarious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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