Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

versipellous

/vɜːˈsɪpələs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-sipel-lous
IPA: /vɜːˈsɪpələs/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often

Etymology

Formed from versi- ‘turning, changing’ (combinatory form of Latin versus ‘turn’) + ultimately Latin pellis ‘skin’. (Used initially as a word of unknown origin in Nathaniel Ward's Discolliminium, or A Most Obedient Reply to a Late Book called 'Bounds and Bonds' By B.) By surface analysis, Latin vers- + -i- + Latin pell- + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more versipellous (comparative) most versipellous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce versipellous?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɜːˈsɪpələs/.
What does versipellous mean?: changeable; protean; having a form, nature or appearance that changes often
Where does versipellous come from?: Formed from versi- ‘turning, changing’ (combinatory form of Latin versus ‘turn’) + ultimately Latin pellis ‘skin’. (Used initially as a word of unknown origin in Nathaniel Ward's Discolliminium, or A Most Obedient Reply to a Late Book called 'Bounds and Bonds' By B.) By surface analysis, Latin vers- + -i- + Latin pell- + -ous.

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