Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uliginous

/juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ulig-i-nous
IPA: /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Marshy, swampy, waterlogged.

adj

Growing in muddy places.

Example Sentences

"[In] water ſtrongly boiled […] the Seeds are extinguiſhed by fire and decoction, and therefore laſt long and pure without ſuch alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms, like crude and common water; […]"
"The uliginous lacteous Matter, taken notice of by that diligent and ingenious Botaniſt, P[aolo] Boccone, in the Coral Fiſhings upon the Coaſt of Italy, was only a Collection of the Corallin Particles thus ſuſtained in the Sea Water, hovering about and applying it ſelf to the Corallin Shrubs and Pori, for their Growth and Enlargement."
"Ranunculus Lapponicus, L. Uliginous or subaquatic, fibrous-rooted, with entire or merely denticulate or crenulated and petiolate leaves."

Etymology

From Latin ūlīginōsus (“swampy”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ūlīginōsus

Inflected Forms

more uliginous (comparative) most uliginous (superlative)

Synonyms

lubricous slimish sludgy boggy quaggy wiery

Questions

How do you pronounce uliginous?: The recorded pronunciation is /juːˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.
What does uliginous mean?: Slimy.
Where does uliginous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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