cornelius

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kɔɹˈniliəs/
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/kɔɹˈniliəs/ · /kɔːˈniːlɪəs/

Definition of cornelius

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    “There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.”
    “The intern will not call me 'Cornelius―(in fact, that dowdy old name isn't my actual name nor, at the present time, my nom de guerre)―but 'Dr. Hinton*―or 'sir'―will do.”

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Etymology

From Latin Cornēlius.

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