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triobolar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-obo-lar
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mean; worthless.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Late Latin triobolaris, from Latin triobolus (“a coin worth three oboli”), from Ancient Greek τρῐώβολον (trĭṓbolon). Literally, "having the value of three oboli".

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: triobolus, τρῐώβολον

Usage

Inflected Forms

triobolary (alternative)

Synonyms

cruddy lousy two-bit bastardly blown cacky chaffy cocking crapalicious cullionly draffish draffy

Questions

What does triobolar mean?
Mean; worthless.
Where does triobolar come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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