Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velocious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-locious
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rapid; fast.

Etymology

From Latin vēlōci-, vēlōx (“swift”) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more velocious (comparative) most velocious (superlative)

Derived Forms

velociously velociousness

Frequently Paired Words

velocity

Questions

What does velocious mean?
Rapid; fast.
Where does velocious come from?
From Latin vēlōci-, vēlōx (“swift”) + -ous.

How to pronounce velocious

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