Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exequious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-e-quious
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Prepare yourself to build the funeral-pile, Lay your pale hands to this exequious fire,"

Etymology

From exequy + -ous?

Word Breakdown

Suffix: exequy

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more exequious (comparative) most exequious (superlative)

Questions

What does exequious mean?: funereal
Where does exequious come from?: From exequy + -ous?

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