Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imaginous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: imag-i-nous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I oft haue heard there is a kind of cure To fright a lingring Feuer from a man By an imaginous feare"

Etymology

From imagine + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: imagine

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more imaginous (comparative) most imaginous (superlative)

Questions

What does imaginous mean?: imaginative
Where does imaginous come from?: From imagine + -ous.

How to pronounce imaginous

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