Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tautologous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
tau-tol-o-gous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From tautology + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tautologous (comparative) most tautologous (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does tautologous mean?
Pertaining to a tautology; tautological.
Where does tautologous come from?
From tautology + -ous.

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