Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmercenary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-merce-nary
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not mercenary.

noun

A saint who performed good deeds without accepting payment.

Etymology

From un- + mercenary.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unmercenary (comparative) most unmercenary (superlative) unmercenaries (plural)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does unmercenary mean?
Not mercenary.
Where does unmercenary come from?
From un- + mercenary.

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