Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supercurious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-cu-ri-ous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively curious or inquisitive.

Example Sentences

"the knife with which the sallet herbs are cut, according to the super-curious (especially oranges, limons, & c.), be of silver, and by no means of steel"

Etymology

From super- + curious.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

more supercurious (comparative) most supercurious (superlative)

Questions

What does supercurious mean?: Excessively curious or inquisitive.
Where does supercurious come from?: From super- + curious.

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