Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: resinous
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to resin.

adj

Negative (of electric charge).

Dated

Example Sentences

"Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state ."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French résineux; cf. Latin resinosus. By surface analysis, resin + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: résineux

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more resinous (comparative) most resinous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonresinous resinously resinousness semiresinous subresinous

Synonyms

resinaceous resinlike resiny resinous pitchy tarry

Antonyms

vitreous nonresinous runny watery

Questions

What does resinous mean?: Of or relating to resin.
Where does resinous come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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