Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yearbookish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: year-book-ish
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.

Example Sentences

"[…] John Currin moved from painting yearbookish images of anonymous girls to painting outrageously goofy pictures of women with ridiculously oversize breasts."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more yearbookish (comparative) most yearbookish (superlative)

Synonyms

yearbooky

Questions

What does yearbookish mean?: In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.
Where does yearbookish come from?: Etymology tree English yearbook Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English yearbookish From yearbook + -ish.

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