Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slaughterous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slaugh-ter-ous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

prone to slaughtering

adj

having characteristics of a slaughter

Etymology

Etymology tree English slaughter Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English slaughterous From slaughter + -ous.

Derived Forms

slaughterously

Frequently Paired Words

slaughter slaughterhouse slaughterer

Synonyms

gory sanguinary sanguineous butcherly

Questions

What does slaughterous mean?: prone to slaughtering
Where does slaughterous come from?: Etymology tree English slaughter Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English slaughterous From slaughter + -ous.

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