Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfury

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fury
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.

adj

Having a smell similar to that of sulfur compounds.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -y English sulfury From sulfur + -y.

Inflected Forms

more sulfury (comparative) most sulfury (superlative)

Questions

What does sulfury mean?: Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
Where does sulfury come from?: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -y English sulfury From sulfur + -y.

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