Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schoolbookish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
school-book-ish
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.

Etymology

From schoolbook + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more schoolbookish (comparative) most schoolbookish (superlative)

Synonyms

textbookish

Questions

What does schoolbookish mean?
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
Where does schoolbookish come from?
From schoolbook + -ish.

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