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proligerous

/pɹəʊˈlɪdʒəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-liger-ous
IPA
/pɹəʊˈlɪdʒəɹəs/
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Productive, generative; prolific.

Archaic

Etymology

From modern Latin proliger (from Latin proles + -ger) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /pɹəʊˈlɪdʒəɹəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more proligerous (comparative) most proligerous (superlative)

Phrases

proligerous disc proligerous layer proligerous pellicle

Rhymes With

dentigerous armigerous plumigerous ovigerous cornigerous coralligerous pupigerous calcigerous cirrigerous setigerous lanigerous ramigerous

Questions

How do you pronounce proligerous?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəʊˈlɪdʒəɹəs/.
What does proligerous mean?
Productive, generative; prolific.
Where does proligerous come from?
From modern Latin proliger (from Latin proles + -ger) + -ous.

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