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saponaceous

/ˌsæpəˈneɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sapona-ceous
IPA
/ˌsæpəˈneɪʃəs/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

adj

Slippery; evasive.

Etymology

From Latin sapōnāceus, from oblique stem of sāpō, sāpōnis + -āceus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more saponaceous (comparative) most saponaceous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonsaponaceous saponaceousness saponacity

Phrases

saponaceous body

Synonyms

soapy

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

How do you pronounce saponaceous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsæpəˈneɪʃəs/.
What does saponaceous mean?
Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
Where does saponaceous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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