Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refractious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-frac-tious
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Another example of brutal disregard of the most common promptings of nature, is that of a refractious son who was so incorrigible that his father condemned him to death."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more refractious (comparative) most refractious (superlative)

Questions

What does refractious mean?: refractory

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