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venenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-ne-nous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Venomous; poisonous.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English venenous, from Latin venēnōsus. By surface analysis, venene + -ous. Piecewise doublet of venomous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: venenous, venēnōsus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more venenous (comparative) most venenous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

venene venenosity

Questions

What does venenous mean?
Venomous; poisonous.
Where does venenous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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