lautitious
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To sup with thee thou did'st me home invite; And mad'st a promise that mine appetite should meet and tire on such lautitious meat, The like not Heliogabalus did eat."
- "Of Sewer, or Carver, and the like; with divers great Lords of State, all in their Robes: so that there was nothing order'd, at that High Banquet, but with vast Pomp; the meats lautitious, the wines generous, and gract with an Abundance of sumptuous Plate of Gold, the curious work of Vanlesen."
- "I've more compliments to impart, to be sure, but I'd as lief make a gift of them to none but thy lautitious self."
- "2014, Arthur Machen, The Complete Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, page 6 of The Lord Maltworm's Second Tale - The Affair Done at the House with the Lattice I should judge that her taille is a rarer and more lautitious taille than that of Madam Phryne; but, by cock! if you win this lady you must be a very discreet knight, and a cunning, and a daring to boot; since Master Torlesse will have no gallants, keeps his door bolted, and shoots bolts at any he sees lurking about."
Etymology
1640s, Latin lautitia ("elegance, magnificence, splendor") nominalized from past participle of lavare (to wash): lautus ("washed, bathed"), see lave.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more lautitious (comparative)
most lautitious (superlative)