Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obuncous

/əˈbʌŋ.kəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: obun-cous
IPA: /əˈbʌŋ.kəs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Being easily exsuscitated, and an amnicolist fond of inescating fish and broggling, with an ineluctable desire for the amolition of care, I took a punt and descended the river in a snithy gale. The water being smooth, I felt I could venture with incolumity, as I was familiar with the obuncous river."
"Speaking of the garbage problem, why not incinerate some of our obuncous politicians?"
"Obuncous stake sweating the desk / In winter / For that matter, the ashen morning of loss"
"The rabble became obuncous towards the poet's scribbiling.–"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obuncus.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more obuncous (comparative) most obuncous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce obuncous?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbʌŋ.kəs/.
What does obuncous mean?: Crooked; bent.
Where does obuncous come from?: Borrowed from Latin obuncus.

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