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infaust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-faust
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.

Archaic

adj

Of a prognosis: Poor, grim.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin īnfaustus, from in- (“not”) + faustus (“fortunate, lucky”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more infaust (comparative) most infaust (superlative)

Questions

What does infaust mean?
Unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.
Where does infaust come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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