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tumorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
tu-mor-ous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor.

adj

Covered with tumors.

Etymology

From Latin tumōrōsus (“inflated, bloated”), from tumor (“swelling, tumor”), from tumeō (“to swell”).

Inflected Forms

more tumorous (comparative) most tumorous (superlative) tumourous (alternative)

Derived Forms

intratumorous nontumorous paratumorous peritumorous

Questions

What does tumorous mean?
Pertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor.
Where does tumorous come from?
From Latin tumōrōsus (“inflated, bloated”), from tumor (“swelling, tumor”), from tumeō (“to swell”).

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