Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

novuss

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: novuss
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latvian, from Latin novus, because of its young age compared with other games. Doublet of new and nuevo.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -, novus

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

koroona

Questions

What does novuss mean?: a game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.
Where does novuss come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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