Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moliminous

/moʊˈlɪmɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: molim-i-nous
IPA: /moʊˈlɪmɪnəs/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Momentous, weighty.

Archaic

adj

Laborious, involving or exerting great effort; arduous.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"those great moliminous Bodies of Parlaments are but slow in motion, and attendance will quickly exhaust a good puzzle and patience, before any thing can be done […]."
"some Prophecies are not conditional but absolute, as certainly all those are that are of so vast and moliminous Concernment to the World as the appearing of the Messias is."
"But it had moliminous ramifications in the political system in two respects […]."
"And thus may the slow and imperfect wits of mortals be satisfied, that Providence to the Deity is no moliminous, laborious and distractious thing."
"All natural logick of expression in the elements is made thereby interrupted and most obscure, howe’er so skilled and moliminous the adeptist."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin mōlīmen (“effort”) + -ous.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /moʊˈlɪmɪnəs/
British English: /mə(ʊ)ˈlɪmɪnəs/

Usage

Archaic

Questions

How do you pronounce moliminous?: The recorded pronunciation is /moʊˈlɪmɪnəs/.
What does moliminous mean?: Momentous, weighty.
Where does moliminous come from?: From (the stem of) Latin mōlīmen (“effort”) + -ous.

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