Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

venefical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: venef-i-cal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of veneficial.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Ben Jonson, 1616, The Masque of Queens, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, p.946: These witches … came forth from thence. … all with spindles, timbrels, rattles, or other veneficall instruments."

Etymology

Latin veneficus.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more venefical (comparative) most venefical (superlative)

Questions

What does venefical mean?: Obsolete form of veneficial.
Where does venefical come from?: Latin veneficus.

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