Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scintillous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scin-til-lous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

scintillating; sparkling

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

more scintillous (comparative) most scintillous (superlative)

Questions

What does scintillous mean?
scintillating; sparkling

How to pronounce scintillous

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