Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

privish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: priv-ish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.

Etymology

Blend of private + publish.

Inflected Forms

privishes (present, singular) privishing (participle, present) privished (participle, past) privished (past)

Questions

What does privish mean?: To publish a book only to have its distribution fully and intentionally cancelled.
Where does privish come from?: Blend of private + publish.

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