Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knee-jerkish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knee--jerk-ish
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting or characteristic of a rash or automatic response.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From knee-jerk + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more knee-jerkish (comparative) most knee-jerkish (superlative)

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Questions

What does knee-jerkish mean?
Exhibiting or characteristic of a rash or automatic response.
Where does knee-jerkish come from?
From knee-jerk + -ish.

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