Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypervirulent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-vir-u-lent
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely virulent.

Example Sentences

"“But in the past few years the bugs have become hypervirulent, more severe and now it’s a global threat.”"

Etymology

From hyper- + virulent.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Inflected Forms

more hypervirulent (comparative) most hypervirulent (superlative)

Questions

What does hypervirulent mean?: Extremely virulent.
Where does hypervirulent come from?: From hyper- + virulent.

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