morigerous

adj

"morigerous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“morigerous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obedient; obsequious

Corpus desk

Index EN-morigerous · morigerous · English

morigerous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for morigerous
PropertyValue
Headwordmorigerous
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “morigerous” in English

morigeroussits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

morigerous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "obedient; obsequious".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for morigerous, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”). The correct English form is morigerous, spelled M-O-R-I-G-E-R-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    obedient; obsequious

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how morigerous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Timon , thou hast a wife morigerous Shee is the onely comfort of my age.
  2. The men and lads are gentle, I might even say gentlemanly in their manners, most kind and obliging, docile and morigerous, and yet manly and intelligent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morigerous"?
"morigerous" is spelled M-O-R-I-G-E-R-O-U-S.
What does "morigerous" mean?
As an adjective, "morigerous" means: obedient; obsequious
What is the origin of the word "morigerous"?
Borrowed from Latin morigerus, from mōs, mōris (“custom, manner”) + gerō (“to bear, conduct”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list