Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vulnerary

/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vul-ner-ary
IPA: /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Useful or used for healing wounds; curative, healing.

adj

Causing wounds; wounding.

Archaic

noun

A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.

Example Sentences

"Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulnerary remedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that […] there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life."
"Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus."
"On the ſurface of the water there floats a liquid bitumen, although it be every day ſcummed off, as it doth on the lake Aſphaltites in Judæa: The Inhabitants uſe it as pitch: it is alſo found to be an excellent vulnerary, and good in curing old cacoethic and ſcrophulous ulcers."

Etymology

From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (“wound”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/
British English: /ˈvʌl.nəɹ.əɹ.i/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more vulnerary (comparative) most vulnerary (superlative) vulneraries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vulnerable

Questions

How do you pronounce vulnerary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ɛɹ.i/.
What does vulnerary mean?: Useful or used for healing wounds; curative, healing.
Where does vulnerary come from?: From Latin vulnerārius, from vulnus (“wound”).

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