Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adulterine

/əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: adul-ter-ine
IPA: /əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Spurious; due to adulteration.

adj

Born of adultery.

adj

Pertaining to adultery.

adj

Illegal; unlicensed.

noun

One born of an adulterous union.

Example Sentences

"a knave apothecary, that administers the physick, and makes the medicine, may do infinite harm, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, &c."
"when any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter , such adulterine guilds , as they were called , were not always disfranchised[…]"

Etymology

From Latin adulterīnus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: adulterīnus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/
British English: /əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/

Inflected Forms

more adulterine (comparative) most adulterine (superlative) adulterines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

How do you pronounce adulterine?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdʌltəɹaɪn/.
What does adulterine mean?: Spurious; due to adulteration.
Where does adulterine come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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