Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lionish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
li-on-ish
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of leonine (“typical or similar to lions”).

Etymology

From lion + -ish. Piecewise doublet of lionesque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more lionish (comparative) most lionish (superlative)

Synonyms

leonine

Questions

What does lionish mean?
Synonym of leonine (“typical or similar to lions”).
Where does lionish come from?
From lion + -ish. Piecewise doublet of lionesque.

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