Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vetusty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-tusty
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

antiquity; great age

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin vetustās.

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What does vetusty mean?
antiquity; great age
Where does vetusty come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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