Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxygenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oxyge-nous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The colour we now know to be owing to the influence of the oxygenous gas, and the darker colour of venal blood to carbone."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English oxygenous From oxygen + -ous.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more oxygenous (comparative) most oxygenous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonoxygenous

Questions

What does oxygenous mean?: oxygenic
Where does oxygenous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English oxygenous From oxygen + -ous.

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