Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-lary
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the sun; solar.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I vvould gladly knovv hovv Moſes vvith an actuall fire calcin'd or burnt the Golden Calfe unto povvder, for that myſticall metall of Gold, vvhoſe ſolary and celeſtiall nature I admire, expoſed unto the violence of fire, grovveth onely hot and liquifies, but conſumeth not: […]"
"the sun doth not dance on Easter-day. […] Whether any such motions there were in that day wherein Christ arose, Scripture hath not revealed, which hath been punctual in other records concerning solary miracles […]"
"[…] they that will may also suppose that this spirit affords, or carries with it thither, the solary fuel, and material principle of light […]"

Etymology

From Latin solaris + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ary

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more solary (comparative) most solary (superlative)

Derived Forms

subsolary

Questions

What does solary mean?: Pertaining to the sun; solar.
Where does solary come from?: From Latin solaris + -ary.

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