Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unigenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
unige-nous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a single type, or genus.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin unigena, from unus (“one”) + genere, gignere (“to beget”), + -ous.

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Questions

What does unigenous mean?
Of a single type, or genus.
Where does unigenous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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