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lapidarious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lap-i-dar-i-ous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of stones; stony.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin lapidarius, from lapis, -idis (“stone”).

Origin

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Rhymes With

various hilarious precarious aquarius nefarious vicarious calcareous stradivarius multifarious belisarius carious sicarius

Questions

What does lapidarious mean?
Consisting of stones; stony.
Where does lapidarious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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