Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aestiferous

/ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aes-tif-er-ous
IPA: /ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

As the tide, turbulent; ebbing and flowing.

Obsolete

adj

Producing much (aestival) heat.

Example Sentences

"Thus they, estiferous, the hollow sphere Within, rack’d, and raged against the Highest."
"Moreover, if the analogy to political revolution teaches anything at all, its instruction would seem to be that revolution is a wasteful and excessively estiferous process."

Etymology

From Latin aestus (“heat, tide”) + -ferous (“bearing, bringing”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aestus
Suffix: ferous

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more aestiferous (comparative) most aestiferous (superlative) æstiferous (alternative) estiferous (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

aestive aestuant aestuarium aestuous estuous estival estivate estivation

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce aestiferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛsˈtɪfɛɹʌs/.
What does aestiferous mean?: As the tide, turbulent; ebbing and flowing.
Where does aestiferous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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