Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emissitious

/ɛmɪˈsɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: emis-si-tious
IPA: /ɛmɪˈsɪʃəs/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Looking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Malicious Mass-Priest, cast back those emissitious eyes, to your own infamous Chair of Rome; and, if even in that thou canst discern no spectacles of abominable uncleanness, spend thy spiteful censures upon ours."

Etymology

From Latin emissitius, from emittere.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more emissitious (comparative) most emissitious (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce emissitious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛmɪˈsɪʃəs/.
What does emissitious mean?: Looking, or narrowly examining; prying, nosy or meticulous.
Where does emissitious come from?: From Latin emissitius, from emittere.

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