Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captainish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Typical or characteristic of a captain

Example Sentences

"While Rabbit is described by Milne as being excessively “captainish” or bossy, he also receives warm praise, he has frequent visits from Pooh."

Etymology

From captain + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more captainish (comparative) most captainish (superlative)

Questions

What does captainish mean?: Typical or characteristic of a captain
Where does captainish come from?: From captain + -ish.

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