theftuous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence, nay, directly under the direction of the demoralized and the abandoned."
Etymology
From earlier thiefteous, thiftwis, from Middle English *theftwis, equivalent to theft + -uous. Compare righteous.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more theftuous (comparative)
most theftuous (superlative)
thiefteous (alternative)
thefteous (alternative)
thiftwis (alternative)
thiftwise (alternative)
thifteous (alternative)
thiftous (alternative)