Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predatorious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preda-to-ri-ous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"...the hills of the robbers, predatorious oppreſſors of true Religion, pillagers and ſpoilers of the Church of Chriſt, of which too many ſad inſtances have been in ancient and later daies both at home and abroad."
"Larvae that live a predatorious way of life, building neither living spaces nor nets, have smaller salivary glands, and their tiny nuclei are of exceptional significance."

Etymology

From Latin praedatorius, equivalent to predatory + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praedatorius
Suffix: predatory

Inflected Forms

more predatorious (comparative) most predatorious (superlative)

Questions

What does predatorious mean?: predatory
Where does predatorious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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