Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disadventurous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-ad-ven-tur-ous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unfortunate; calamitous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From disadventure + -ous. Compare Portuguese desaventurado and Spanish desventurado.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more disadventurous (comparative) most disadventurous (superlative)

Questions

What does disadventurous mean?
Unfortunate; calamitous.
Where does disadventurous come from?
From disadventure + -ous. Compare Portuguese desaventurado and Spanish desventurado.

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