Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vituperable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-tu-per-a-ble
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

highly censurable; worthy of vituperation or severe censure.

Etymology

From Latin vĭtŭpĕrābĭlis: compare French vitupérable.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vĭtŭpĕrābĭlis, vitupérable

Inflected Forms

more vituperable (comparative) most vituperable (superlative)

Questions

What does vituperable mean?: highly censurable; worthy of vituperation or severe censure.
Where does vituperable come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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