Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scarious

/ˈskɛɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: scar-i-ous
IPA: /ˈskɛɹi.əs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

thin, dry, membranous, and not green

adj

thin, dry, membranous

adj

Example Sentences

"A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in diameter), more globose and racemose heads, and more scarious involucres than any form of A. vulgaris."
"Gray head goggling fowlwise on a scarious neck, turning."

Etymology

French scarieux. Compare scary.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈskɛɹi.əs/
British English: /ˈskɛəɹi.əs/

Inflected Forms

more scarious (comparative) most scarious (superlative) scariose (alternative)

Derived Forms

scariously

Synonyms

squamous scruffy

Rhymes With

various hilarious precarious aquarius nefarious vicarious calcareous stradivarius multifarious belisarius carious sicarius

Questions

How do you pronounce scarious?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɛɹi.əs/.
What does scarious mean?: thin, dry, membranous, and not green
Where does scarious come from?: French scarieux. Compare scary.

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