Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salebrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sale-brous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

rough; rugged

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin salebrōsus, from salebra (“a rugged road”), from salire (“to leap”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more salebrous (comparative) most salebrous (superlative)

Questions

What does salebrous mean?
rough; rugged
Where does salebrous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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