Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incriminatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: in-crim-i-na-to-ry
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That incriminates.

Etymology

Etymology tree English incriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English incriminatory From incriminate + -ory.

Inflected Forms

more incriminatory (comparative) most incriminatory (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonincriminatory

Synonyms

criminative criminatory incriminating

Questions

What does incriminatory mean?: That incriminates.
Where does incriminatory come from?: Etymology tree English incriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English incriminatory From incriminate + -ory.

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