buffish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a colour somewhat resembling buff.
Example Sentences
- "These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark centres, the underparts are more inclined to buff, and the eyestripe is nearly obsolete."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more buffish (comparative)
most buffish (superlative)