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unguinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-guinous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; unctuous; oleaginous.

Dated

Etymology

From Latin unguinosus, from unguinis, from unguen (“fat, ointment”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more unguinous (comparative) most unguinous (superlative)

Questions

What does unguinous mean?
Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; unctuous; oleaginous.
Where does unguinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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