Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deletery

/dəˈliːtəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deletery
IPA: /dəˈliːtəɹi/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

adj

Destructive, poisonous

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"They [the Scriptures] are […]the only deletery of heresies."
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"Nor engine, nor device polemic, / Disease, nor doctor epidemic, / Tho' stored with deletery med'cines, / Which whosoever took is dead since, / E'er sent so vast a colony / To both the under worlds as he."
"deletery effects of civilization"

Etymology

From New Latin dēlētērius, from Ancient Greek δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrĭos). Doublet of deleterious.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: dēlētērius, δηλητήρῐος

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

deleteries (plural) more deletery (comparative) most deletery (superlative)

Synonyms

deleterious

Homonyms

deletory

Questions

How do you pronounce deletery?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈliːtəɹi/.
What does deletery mean?: destroyer.
Where does deletery come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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