Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fewsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
few-some
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by paucity; sparse; very few.

noun

A group made up of few.

Etymology

Etymology tree English few Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fewsome From few + -some.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more fewsome (comparative) most fewsome (superlative) fewsomes (plural)

Questions

What does fewsome mean?
Alternative form of fusome.
Where does fewsome come from?
Etymology tree English few Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fewsome From few + -some.

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