Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oilish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oil-ish
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of or resembling oil.

Etymology

From Middle English oylyssh, equivalent to oil + -ish.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: oylyssh

Inflected Forms

more oilish (comparative) most oilish (superlative)

Synonyms

oillike oily

Questions

What does oilish mean?: Characteristic of or resembling oil.
Where does oilish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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