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scelerat

/ˈsɛləɹət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scel-er-at
IPA
/ˈsɛləɹət/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A criminal, a villain.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French scélérat, from Latin scelerātus, past participle of scelerāre (“to pollute, defile”), from scelus (“crime”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scélérat, scelerātus

Usage

Inflected Forms

scelerats (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce scelerat?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛləɹət/.
What does scelerat mean?
A criminal, a villain.
Where does scelerat come from?
It is traced to French.

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