Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nigrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ni-grous
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Of pillared mists, in nigrous smoking gloom, […]"
"Sternum: nigrous, clad less densely with longer, usually fusiform, similarly colored squamae; […]"
"At this hour, just before dawn, another nigrous presence came hovering over him to darken his face."

Etymology

From Latin nigrum, + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ous

Questions

What does nigrous mean?: Black.
Where does nigrous come from?: From Latin nigrum, + -ous.

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