quisquilious
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "They publish too much-- more than used to be published: the science is overloaded by the quisquilious matter they rake together and preserve."
- "Quisquilious Sculpture on Display In the Garden."
Etymology
From Latin quisquilia (“bric-a-brac”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quisquilia
Inflected Forms
more quisquilious (comparative)
most quisquilious (superlative)