Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hooliganish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hooli-gan-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by hooliganism; of or relating to hooligans.

Example Sentences

"His first cure had been in a large, slummy parish in East London—a nasty, hooliganish place it had been, and he looked back on it with loathing."

Etymology

From hooligan + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more hooliganish (comparative) most hooliganish (superlative)

Questions

What does hooliganish mean?: Characterised by hooliganism; of or relating to hooligans.
Where does hooliganish come from?: From hooligan + -ish.

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