Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iniquous

/ɪˈnɪkwəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-iquous
IPA: /ɪˈnɪkwəs/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of iniquitous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins, nor commutatively iniquous in the valuation of transgressions"

Etymology

From Latin inīquus, from in- (“not”) + aequus. See equal.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: inīquus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more iniquous (comparative) most iniquous (superlative)

Synonyms

iniquitous

Questions

How do you pronounce iniquous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈnɪkwəs/.
What does iniquous mean?: Synonym of iniquitous.
Where does iniquous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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