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distortionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
dis-tor-tionary
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of distorting.

adj

Causing distortion, especially in prices.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English distortion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English distortionary From distortion + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more distortionary (comparative) most distortionary (superlative)

Questions

What does distortionary mean?
Capable of distorting.
Where does distortionary come from?
Etymology tree English distortion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English distortionary From distortion + -ary.

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