exceptious
/ɪkˈsɛpʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now? Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still."
- "And lastly, how shall many seeming Clashings, and dark Passages in Sacred History and Chronology be placed in such a Light, as may throughly satisfy, or at least effectually silence the Doubtful and Exceptious?"
- "The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment […]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English exceptious From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more exceptious (comparative)
most exceptious (superlative)