Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lurkish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lurk-ish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to lurk; somewhat lurky.

Example Sentences

"They love no idle bench-whistlers nor lurkish faitors; for yoong and old are wholly addicted to thrieing the men commonlie to traffike, the women to spinning and carding."
"Would God (I say) that the holy house were not pestered at this day with such hypocrites and damnable sort of lurkish, loitering lubbers, who (notwithstanding their great blockishness their palpable ignorance and extreme want of learning) […]"
"Those who are lurkish, are open to the attacks of every ingenious scoundrel whose art will not alarm their indolence."

Etymology

From lurk + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lurk

Inflected Forms

more lurkish (comparative) most lurkish (superlative)

Questions

What does lurkish mean?: Tending to lurk; somewhat lurky.
Where does lurkish come from?: From lurk + -ish.

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