carious

1. 1.

   (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about carious

What does carious mean?

carious means "(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay".

How many syllables are in carious?

carious has 3 syllables and divides as ca-ri-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is carious a common word?

carious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.