Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morbific

/mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: morbif-ic
IPA: /mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.

adj

Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.

Example Sentences

"He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter, and physiology was the science of that struggle."

Etymology

From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/
British English: /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/

Inflected Forms

more morbific (comparative) most morbific (superlative) morbifick (alternative)

Derived Forms

morbifically

Synonyms

infective pathogenic

Rhymes With

specific scientific pacific terrific horrific prolific honorific hieroglyphic calorific soporific unspecific transpacific

Questions

How do you pronounce morbific?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/.
What does morbific mean?: That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
Where does morbific come from?: From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).

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