Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maladious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mal-a-dious
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

sickly

Obsolete

Etymology

From French maladieux. Equivalent to malady + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more maladious (comparative) most maladious (superlative)

Questions

What does maladious mean?
sickly
Where does maladious come from?
It is traced to French.

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