Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

responsa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: re-spon-sa
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

Inflected Forms

responsum (singular)

Questions

What does responsa mean?: A body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
Where does responsa come from?: Borrowed from Latin respōnsa, plural of respōnsum (“answer”).

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