Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dr watsonish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dr wat-son-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of Dr. Watsonish.

Example Sentences

"Charles Holdgate was a Dr Watsonish Col. Pickering, and Winifred Brough a perfect piece of gentility as Mrs Higgins."
"Richard Davis drew a similar analogy in Films and Filming’s issue of July 1967, Walters’s “Dr Watsonish assistant” reminding him “irresistibly of Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes in Hound of the Baskervilles.”"
"The audiotape of Alan Clark’s Diaries — barely mentioned in this rather Dr Watsonish, sensible shoe of a biography — is well worth hearing."
"Avery, the Dr Watsonish narrator, is a well-to-do ex-soldier who touchingly believes that English gentlemen always tell the truth and do the right thing."

Etymology

From Dr Watson + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Dr Watson

Inflected Forms

more Dr Watsonish (comparative) most Dr Watsonish (superlative)

Questions

What does dr watsonish mean?: Alternative form of Dr. Watsonish.
Where does dr watsonish come from?: From Dr Watson + -ish.

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