Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfuriferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fu-rif-er-ous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing or yielding sulfur.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -i- English -ferous English sulfuriferous From sulfur + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more sulfuriferous (comparative) most sulfuriferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does sulfuriferous mean?: Containing or yielding sulfur.
Where does sulfuriferous come from?: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -i- English -ferous English sulfuriferous From sulfur + -i- + -ferous.

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