Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deerish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deer-ish
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a deer; like a deer.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)"
"Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] ""
"Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man."
"He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances."

Etymology

From deer + -ish. Compare Dutch diers, German tierisch, Swedish djurisk, Norwegian dyrisk.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: deer

Inflected Forms

more deerish (comparative) most deerish (superlative)

Synonyms

deerlike cervine cervoid cervid

Questions

What does deerish mean?: Characteristic of a deer; like a deer.
Where does deerish come from?: From deer + -ish. Compare Dutch diers, German tierisch, Swedish djurisk, Norwegian dyrisk.

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