Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kerosenish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kerosen-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste

Example Sentences

"The floor foreman was instructed to inspect the oil when it was drained out and, if it had good body and fairly good color, to have it put back again, but if it was kerosenish and was black […]"

Etymology

From kerosene + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kerosene

Inflected Forms

more kerosenish (comparative) most kerosenish (superlative)

Questions

What does kerosenish mean?: like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste
Where does kerosenish come from?: From kerosene + -ish.

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