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salivous

/səˈlaɪvəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
salivous
IPA
/səˈlaɪvəs/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, like or resembling saliva; made up of saliva.

Etymology

From saliva + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more salivous (comparative) most salivous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce salivous?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈlaɪvəs/.
What does salivous mean?
Of, like or resembling saliva; made up of saliva.
Where does salivous come from?
From saliva + -ous.

How to pronounce salivous

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