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discriminous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-crim-i-nous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

hazardous; dangerous

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "diſcerning the diſcriminous ſtate of Perdiccas King of Macedonia"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discriminosus, from discrimen (“the dangerous, decisive moment”). See discriminate (adjective).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: discriminosus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more discriminous (comparative) most discriminous (superlative)

Questions

What does discriminous mean?
hazardous; dangerous
Where does discriminous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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