Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ignoscible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ignosci-ble
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The waves seemed to have closed over the Umbar episode, perhaps owing to his own ignoscible treatment of the subject and the absconding rogues."

Etymology

From Latin ignoscibilis, from ignoscere (“to pardon; literally, not to wish to know”), from in- (“not”) + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more ignoscible (comparative) most ignoscible (superlative)

Questions

What does ignoscible mean?: pardonable
Where does ignoscible come from?: From Latin ignoscibilis, from ignoscere (“to pardon; literally, not to wish to know”), from in- (“not”) + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).

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