Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

instructorish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-struc-tor-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of an instructor; didactic.

Example Sentences

"My Rabinovich energetically dragged on the English cigarette, once again straightened the broken earpiece of his eyeglasses with those instructorish two fingers, wiped his chin and, moving over to me in earnest, confidingly informed me […]"
"Jefi Zell is a former ski instructor from Jackson Hole. In powder-8 competitions, he makes beautifully round ski-instructorish turns. On his own, he doesn't mind showing why he's one of the hottest extreme skiers at Jackson."
"“Your mind can only be on one thing when you're going flying,” he said in a very instructorish tone, “and that's not what's happening in Washington.”"

Etymology

From instructor + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: instructor

Inflected Forms

more instructorish (comparative) most instructorish (superlative)

Questions

What does instructorish mean?: Characteristic of an instructor; didactic.
Where does instructorish come from?: From instructor + -ish.

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