Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defamous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fa-mous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

defamatory; tending to defame

Obsolete

Etymology

From defame + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more defamous (comparative) most defamous (superlative)

Questions

What does defamous mean?
defamatory; tending to defame
Where does defamous come from?
From defame + -ous.

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