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criminous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crim-i-nous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

criminal

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English crymynous, from Latin crīminōsus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more criminous (comparative) most criminous (superlative)

Derived Forms

criminously criminousness

Questions

What does criminous mean?
criminal
Where does criminous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce criminous

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