Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

billyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bil-ly-ish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Similar to or resembling a person named Billy.

Informal

Example Sentences

"It made Carstairs more spiritual, and more efficient materially, that goes with real spirituality; it makes me more philosophical, and our Billy—it just makes him more Billyish."
"He picked up his cup and made the coffee whirl around, rather absently, and then he looked up at me and said with a sudden Billyish grin, "Isn't much to drink a health with, Zina, but it'll have to do for me from here on down. […]"

Etymology

From Billy + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Billy

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more Billyish (comparative) most Billyish (superlative)

Questions

What does billyish mean?: Similar to or resembling a person named Billy.
Where does billyish come from?: From Billy + -ish.

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