Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whisperous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whis-per-ous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"In his apartment the doctor, conscious of his whisperous breathing, placed the letter on the kitchen table and sat looking at it, waiting for a tea kettle of water to boil."

Etymology

From whisper + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whisper

Inflected Forms

more whisperous (comparative) most whisperous (superlative)

Derived Forms

whisperously

Questions

What does whisperous mean?: whispery
Where does whisperous come from?: From whisper + -ous.

How to pronounce whisperous

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