Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fourteenish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: four-teen-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of about fourteen years of age.

Informal

Example Sentences

"His twelvish son is introduced as a pyromaniacal, foul-mouthed shifty operator. His fourteenish daughter dresses in a manner that would be deemed inappropriately suggestive for a twenty-year-old, and has no worthy interests or social graces."
"The kid, thirteen or fourteenish, worn green International Harvester cap turned backwards, seems to have the crowd on his side."

Etymology

From fourteen + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fourteen

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does fourteenish mean?: Of about fourteen years of age.
Where does fourteenish come from?: From fourteen + -ish.

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