Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dairous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dairous
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

British usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

"“Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”"

Etymology

From dair (“dare”) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dare

Usage

British usage
Archaic

Inflected Forms

more dairous (comparative) most dairous (superlative) darous (alternative)

Questions

What does dairous mean?: bold; daring
Where does dairous come from?: From dair (“dare”) + -ous.

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