Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treasurous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trea-surous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

precious; valuable

Archaic

Etymology

From treasure + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more treasurous (comparative) most treasurous (superlative)

Questions

What does treasurous mean?
precious; valuable
Where does treasurous come from?
From treasure + -ous.

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