burglarious
/bɝˈɡlɛɹi.əs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or resembling a burglar
Example Sentences
- "At nine o'clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not the liveliest object even in Saint Mary Axe--which is not a very lively spot--with a sobbing gaslight in the counting-house window, and a burglarious stream of fog creeping in to strangle it through the keyhole of the main door."
- "He felt what a great advantage it was to be forewarned of the impending danger, since being forewarned was forearmed, as with the help of the police he could prepare for his burglarious visitors."
- "One evening I was sitting at dinner in a fashionable street in New York, close to Central Park, when I was startled by a distinctly burglarious noise at the window."
- "Of the various burglarious proceedings he had heard of picking the trolls’ pockets seemed the least difficult, so at last he crept behind a tree just behind William."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɝˈɡlɛɹi.əs/
- British English: /bɜːˈɡlɛəɹi.əs/
Inflected Forms
more burglarious (comparative)
most burglarious (superlative)