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oloroso

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
oloroso
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of sherry, darker and smoother than fino sherry, used as a base for sweetened sherries.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Spanish olor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish olorosobor. English oloroso Borrowed from Spanish oloroso.

Usage

Inflected Forms

olorosos (plural)

Questions

What does oloroso mean?
A type of sherry, darker and smoother than fino sherry, used as a base for sweetened sherries.
Where does oloroso come from?
Etymology tree Spanish olor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish olorosobor. English oloroso Borrowed from Spanish oloroso.

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