Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repertitious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reper-ti-tious
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Found by chance.

Obsolete

adj

Found thanks to advice.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise."

Etymology

From Latin repertīcius (“newly found”), from repertus (“found, discovered, invented”), from reperīre (“to find, discover, invent”), from re- (“again, anew”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), + -īcius (“-itious”), under influence of English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repertible and repertor.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: reperticius

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more repertitious (comparative) most repertitious (superlative)

Rhymes With

delicious suspicious ambitious vicious fictitious nutritious superstitious auspicious pernicious capricious judicious surreptitious

Questions

What does repertitious mean?: Found by chance.
Where does repertitious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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