Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sorcerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: sor-cer-ous
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Similar to, or involving, sorcery.

Example Sentences

"Part toy box and part cabinet of curiosities for a young misfit finally finding his tribe, the house has competition only from Black, who always excels in roles that let him play an excitable kid in a grown man’s body, and does so here as the bumbling, sorcerous Uncle Jonathan, forever knocking things over[…]"
"That record was about the seductive power of “the aesthetics of wealth”—fashion runways, status brands, velvet-rope glamour—with the sorcerous allure of artifice and illusion seemingly left unchallenged."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sorcery 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 sorcerous From sorcery + -ous.

Derived Forms

sorcerously

Synonyms

mystical sortilegious thaumaturgic magical mystic numinous sorcerous witching

Questions

What does sorcerous mean?: Similar to, or involving, sorcery.
Where does sorcerous come from?: Etymology tree English sorcery 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 sorcerous From sorcery + -ous.

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