Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melligenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mel-lige-nous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the qualities of honey.

Archaic

Example Sentences

  • "melligenous fliud"
  • "melligenous paste"
  • "melligenous sap"

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis + -genous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more melligenous (comparative) most melligenous (superlative)

Questions

What does melligenous mean?
Having the qualities of honey.
Where does melligenous come from?
From Latin mel, mellis + -genous.

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