Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repandous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: repan-dous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"though they be drawn repandous, or convexedly crooked in one piece, yet the Dolphin that carrieth Arion is concavously inverted, and hath its spine depressed in another."

Etymology

Etymology tree English repand Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English repandous From repand + -ous.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more repandous (comparative) most repandous (superlative)

Questions

What does repandous mean?: Bent outwards.
Where does repandous come from?: Etymology tree English repand Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English repandous From repand + -ous.

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