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vituperous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-tu-per-ous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Vituperative.

adj

Worthy of blame.

Etymology

From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: vitupéreux, vituperosus, vituperō

Inflected Forms

more vituperous (comparative) most vituperous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

vituperable vituperant vituperate vituperation vituperative vituperatively vituperator vituperatory

Synonyms

vituperative

Questions

What does vituperous mean?
Vituperative.
Where does vituperous come from?
It is traced to French.

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