meretricious

How many syllables in meretricious?

  296718543 syllables

Divide meretricious into syllables:   mer-e-tri-cious
Primary syllable stress:   mer-e-tri-cious
Secondary syllable stress:   mer-e-tri-cious
How to pronounce meretricious:   mer-i-trish-us
How to say meretricious:

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