Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

latitudinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lat-i-tudi-nous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having latitude, or broad range; wide-ranging or of broad scope

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin lātitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin lātitūdō, from lātus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, latitude + -ous.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more latitudinous (comparative) most latitudinous (superlative)

Questions

What does latitudinous mean?
Having latitude, or broad range; wide-ranging or of broad scope
Where does latitudinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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