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nefastous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ne-fas-tous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

inauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin nefastus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more nefastous (comparative) most nefastous (superlative)

Synonyms

foreboding portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal ill-boding ill-fated

Questions

What does nefastous mean?
inauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened
Where does nefastous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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