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luctiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
luc-tif-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

mournful

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin luctifer (“full of sorrow”) + -ous, from luctus (“sorrow”) + -fer (“bearing”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more luctiferous (comparative) most luctiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does luctiferous mean?
mournful
Where does luctiferous come from?
From Latin luctifer (“full of sorrow”) + -ous, from luctus (“sorrow”) + -fer (“bearing”).

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