Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greenhornish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: green-hor-nish
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a greenhorn; lacking experience; naive.

Example Sentences

"I was sent, of course, to a relative, a huge woman with a crooked wig and many chins with as many wens, who called herself my aunt Chaya and would only ever call me greenhornish Soora."

Etymology

From greenhorn + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: greenhorn

Inflected Forms

more greenhornish (comparative) most greenhornish (superlative)

Questions

What does greenhornish mean?: Like a greenhorn; lacking experience; naive.
Where does greenhornish come from?: From greenhorn + -ish.

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