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cronyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crony-ish
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.

Etymology

From crony + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more cronyish (comparative) most cronyish (superlative)

Questions

What does cronyish mean?
Exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.
Where does cronyish come from?
From crony + -ish.

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