Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prescious

/ˈpɹɛsiəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prescious
IPA
/ˈpɹɛsiəs/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Foreknowing; prescient.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praescius.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more prescious (comparative) most prescious (superlative) præscious (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce prescious?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɛsiəs/.
What does prescious mean?
Foreknowing; prescient.
Where does prescious come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin praescius.

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