Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

furacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fu-ra-cious
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prone to stealing; thieving.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin fūrāx (“thievish”), from fūr (“thief”) + -acious.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more furacious (comparative) most furacious (superlative)

Questions

What does furacious mean?
Prone to stealing; thieving.
Where does furacious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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