Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishwifely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fish-wife-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a fishwife; vulgar and raucous.

Derogatory

Etymology

From fishwife + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fishwifely (comparative) most fishwifely (superlative)

Questions

What does fishwifely mean?
Befitting a fishwife; vulgar and raucous.
Where does fishwifely come from?
From fishwife + -ly.

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