Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

numptyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nump-ty-ish
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a numpty; somewhat foolish.

Informal

Etymology

Etymology tree English numpty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English numptyish From numpty + -ish.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more numptyish (comparative) most numptyish (superlative)

Questions

What does numptyish mean?: Like a numpty; somewhat foolish.
Where does numptyish come from?: Etymology tree English numpty Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English numptyish From numpty + -ish.

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