Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctorishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tor-ish-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being like a doctor.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They clung passionately to his doctorishness, believing it to be safe. It wasn't safe at all."
"A child can make up the truth about the doctor just as well as, or better than, he can observe and retell the truth about the doctor. Indeed the process of retailing in so far as it is unselective, in so far as it fails to eliminate the inessentials that clutter up the concept of doctorishness is liable to be less penetratingly true."

Etymology

From doctorish + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: doctorish

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

doctor doctorish

Questions

What does doctorishness mean?: The state or quality of being like a doctor.
Where does doctorishness come from?: From doctorish + -ness.

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