Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unscriptural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: un-scrip-tural
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not scriptural.

Example Sentences

"The continuance of these unscriptural terms, without an exact application of them in sermons and catechisms, heathenizes all the common people, nay and great numbers of not unlearned persons."

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture English -al English scriptural English unscriptural From un- + scriptural.

Inflected Forms

more unscriptural (comparative) most unscriptural (superlative)

Derived Forms

unscripturally unscripturalness

Questions

What does unscriptural mean?: Not scriptural.
Where does unscriptural come from?: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture English -al English scriptural English unscriptural From un- + scriptural.

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