Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pati-nous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From patina + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more patinous (comparative) most patinous (superlative)

Questions

What does patinous mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a patina.
Where does patinous come from?
From patina + -ous.

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