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maliferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mal-if-er-ous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unhealthy

Archaic

adj

unsafe, perilous

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mal- + -iferous.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more maliferous (comparative) most maliferous (superlative)

Questions

What does maliferous mean?
unhealthy
Where does maliferous come from?
From mal- + -iferous.

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