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vetust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-tust
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

antique; ancient; old, in a positive way

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetustus (“old, ancient”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more vetust (comparative) most vetust (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

vetusty

Questions

What does vetust mean?
antique; ancient; old, in a positive way
Where does vetust come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce vetust

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