Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

travailous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tra-vailous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing or involving travail; laborious; toilsome.

Archaic; Literary

Example Sentences

"[…] of my redemption thence, / And portance in travailous history,"
"A pined and jaded man he was before his middle days, and unlikely to live to full age. Better his mother had been barren, than that her womb should have borne such a sorry travailous life!"
"Life goes on whether you like it or not. Make the best of it and move on with it no matter how travailous it can be. Don't feel disappointed"

Etymology

From Middle English travailous (“laborious, wearisome”), from Anglo-Norman travaillous, Old French travaillos (“tiring, painful”). Equivalent to travail + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: travailous, travaillous, travaillos
Suffix: travail

Usage

Inflected Forms

more travailous (comparative) most travailous (superlative)

Synonyms

travailsome

Questions

What does travailous mean?: Causing or involving travail; laborious; toilsome.
Where does travailous come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce travailous

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