Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lakish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: lak-ish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Characteristic of the Lake poets.

Example Sentences

"I know he knowes that watrie lakish hill"
"These men first gouerned the Citty in her Nonage, and some are of the minde, that they were the first Authors of the Padnaus slight, and their retyrement to the Lakish or marshie Isles, as also of their first building there."
"We have next ‘Playhouse Musings,’ by Mr Coleridge—a piece which is unquestionably Lakish—though we cannot say that we recognize in it any of the peculiar traits of that powerful and misdirected genius whose name it has borrowed."

Etymology

From lake + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lake

Inflected Forms

more lakish (comparative) most lakish (superlative)

Derived Forms

lakishness

Questions

What does lakish mean?: Wet; moist.
Where does lakish come from?: From lake + -ish.

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