Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unroyal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-roy-al
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not royal; in particular, not appropriate for a royal.

Example Sentences

"Thus, not content with calumniating the Sovereign's mind by supposing it filled with such unroyal notions"
"The princesses were, it is true, sufficiently good-looking, yet neither their persons nor their garments had that appearance of freshness and cleanliness without which no other charms can be contemplated with pleasure. Everything had a dingy and faded appearance, very disagreeable and unroyal to a European eye."

Etymology

From un- + royal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unroyal (comparative) most unroyal (superlative)

Derived Forms

unroyally

Questions

What does unroyal mean?: Not royal; in particular, not appropriate for a royal.
Where does unroyal come from?: From un- + royal.

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