Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warrish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: war-rish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Militant; warlike.

Example Sentences

"Brightned the black horizon of his parish ; Gave to the Prince of Darkness such hard blows, That Satan was afraid to show his nose, (Except in hell), before this priest so warrish!"
"Dear George, 'tis very true," replied the king, " Poor Honour is just come upon the parish; Merit may tramp tho streets, and ballads sing: My new-made knights can boast of nothing warrish."
"The specific examples of warrish attitudes change from year to year, but the underlying bellicosity remains."
"Some of the soldiers were little more than boys; they had spent their entire lives practicing their caste's warrish obligations, but they had never marched to battle for their king. Nevertheless, they understood the War Rites; […]"

Etymology

From war + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: war

Inflected Forms

more warrish (comparative) most warrish (superlative)

Synonyms

warful

Questions

What does warrish mean?: Militant; warlike.
Where does warrish come from?: From war + -ish.

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