Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meritious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meri-tious
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Yet God forbid, we should with Ribera attribute this reward, to any meritorious worke: seeing a far other meritious cause thereof is noted unto us ver. 14. & 17."

Etymology

From merit + -ious.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: merit

Synonyms

meritorious

Questions

What does meritious mean?: Having merit.
Where does meritious come from?: From merit + -ious.

How to pronounce meritious

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