Speakur

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morbidly

/ˈmɔrbɪdli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
mor-bid-ly
IPA
/ˈmɔrbɪdli/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English morbidly From morbid + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɔrbɪdli/

Inflected Forms

more morbidly (comparative) most morbidly (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonmorbidly premorbidly

Phrases

morbidly obese

Questions

How do you pronounce morbidly?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔrbɪdli/.
What does morbidly mean?
In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree.
Where does morbidly come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English morbidly From morbid + -ly.

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