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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopulous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scop-u-lous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of rocks; rocky.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin scopulosus, from scopulus (“a rock”), from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scopulosus, σκόπελος

Usage

Inflected Forms

more scopulous (comparative) most scopulous (superlative)

Questions

What does scopulous mean?
Full of rocks; rocky.
Where does scopulous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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