Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mermaidish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mer-maid-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.

Example Sentences

"She was dressed in something slippery looking, mermaidish."
"Then something snagged her gaze and she turned her eyes to the far side of the pool. A mermaidish tail submerged as soon as she had seen it."

Etymology

From mermaid + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mermaid

Inflected Forms

more mermaidish (comparative) most mermaidish (superlative)

Questions

What does mermaidish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.
Where does mermaidish come from?: From mermaid + -ish.

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