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delightous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-lightous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

delightful

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English delitous, from Old French delitos.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: delitous, delitos

Usage

Inflected Forms

more delightous (comparative) most delightous (superlative)

Questions

What does delightous mean?
delightful
Where does delightous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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