Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chalcenterous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chal-cen-ter-ous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having bowels of brass; tough.

Example Sentences

"Even when facing terrible danger, she was always stolidly chalcenterous."
"The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it."
"[He] did not scruple to tire less chalcenterous workers."
"Since the latter’s edition is intended ‘for general school and university use’, it may look as if the youth of 1961 should be viewed as considerably less chalcenterous than their predecessors of 1685."

Etymology

From chalc(o)- + Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestines, innards”) + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more chalcenterous (comparative) most chalcenterous (superlative)

Questions

What does chalcenterous mean?: Having bowels of brass; tough.
Where does chalcenterous come from?: From chalc(o)- + Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestines, innards”) + -ous.

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