ilicitude
Portuguese, noun/i.li.siˈtu.d͡ʒi/
ilicitude is spelled I-L-I-C-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilicitude is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wrongfulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquilo ou daquele que não segue as leis”.
What does ilicitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrongfulness
- 2
feminineillegality
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade daquilo ou daquele que não segue as leis.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ilicitude
- ilicitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilicitude?
- Brazil /i.li.siˈtu.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /i.li.siˈtu.dɨ/
- Portugal [i.li.siˈtu.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ilicitude in Portuguese?
ilicitude appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).