Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mitigant

/ˈmɪtɪɡənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mit-i-gant
IPA
/ˈmɪtɪɡənt/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to mitigate.

noun

Something that mitigates; a lenitive.

Etymology

From Latin mitigans, p.pr. of mitigare. See mitigate.

Inflected Forms

more mitigant (comparative) most mitigant (superlative) mitigants (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce mitigant?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪtɪɡənt/.
What does mitigant mean?
Tending to mitigate.
Where does mitigant come from?
From Latin mitigans, p.pr. of mitigare. See mitigate.

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