Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inofficious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-of-fi-cious
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Indifferent to obligation or duty.

Obsolete

adj

Not officious; not civil or attentive.

Obsolete

adj

Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv."
"the inofficious testament"
"an inofficious disposition of his fortune"

Etymology

From Latin inofficiōsus. Compare French inofficieux. See in- (“not”) + officious.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in-
Root: inofficiōsus
Suffix: officious

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more inofficious (comparative) most inofficious (superlative)

Derived Forms

inofficiously inofficiousness

Questions

What does inofficious mean?: Indifferent to obligation or duty.
Where does inofficious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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