Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subgenius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ge-nius
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English genius English SubGenius From sub- + genius.

Inflected Forms

SubGeniuses (plural) SubGenii (plural)

Questions

What does subgenius mean?: A member of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
Where does subgenius come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English genius English SubGenius From sub- + genius.

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