Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malarious

/məˈlɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: malar-i-ous
IPA: /məˈlɛɹi.əs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

With malaria; where people may catch malaria.

adj

Causing or relating to malaria.

Example Sentences

"In spite of quinine, the men sickened day by day. Many of them, fine, strong, active fellows, who had never known what a day's sickness meant, went down before the malarious mist that gathered in the jungles."
"Dr. Abrams, the Columbia expert, said in an interview that the Uganda findings had additional implications for treating H.I.V.-infected children in malarious areas."

Etymology

From malaria + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: malaria

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /məˈlɛɹi.əs/
British English: /məˈlɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

more malarious (comparative) most malarious (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonmalarious

Rhymes With

various hilarious precarious aquarius nefarious vicarious calcareous stradivarius multifarious belisarius carious sicarius

Questions

How do you pronounce malarious?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈlɛɹi.əs/.
What does malarious mean?: With malaria; where people may catch malaria.
Where does malarious come from?: From malaria + -ous.

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