Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
preda-cious
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of predaceous.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin praedor + -acious.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more predacious (comparative) most predacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

predaciousness unpredacious

Synonyms

predaceous predatory

Questions

What does predacious mean?
Alternative spelling of predaceous.
Where does predacious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce predacious

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