Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prisonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pris-onous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a prison.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From prison + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more prisonous (comparative) most prisonous (superlative)

Questions

What does prisonous mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a prison.
Where does prisonous come from?
From prison + -ous.

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