Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

luciferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-cif-er-ous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

illuminating; providing light.

adj

Illuminating; offering insight.

Example Sentences

"[I]t affords a very pleasant object through the Microscope, and may, perhaps, upon further examination, prove very luciferous."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucifer (“light-bearing”) (from lux, lucis (“light”)) + the suffix -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lucifer

Derived Forms

luciferously luciferousness

Frequently Paired Words

Lucifer

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does luciferous mean?: illuminating; providing light.
Where does luciferous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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