Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbellicose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-bel-li-cose
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not bellicose; unwarlike.

Example Sentences

"Small wonder that history has become such a hotly contested battleground, or that otherwise unbellicose professors are so often pressed into front-line service in the culture wars."

Etymology

From un- + bellicose.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unbellicose (comparative) most unbellicose (superlative)

Questions

What does unbellicose mean?: Not bellicose; unwarlike.
Where does unbellicose come from?: From un- + bellicose.

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