Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ensiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-sif-er-ous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Etymology

Etymology tree English ensifer Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English ensiferous From ensifer + -ous.

Usage

Archaic

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does ensiferous mean?: sword-bearing.
Where does ensiferous come from?: Etymology tree English ensifer Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English ensiferous From ensifer + -ous.

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