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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rockish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rock-ish
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous

adj

That has the characteristics of rock music.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English rockish From rock (“stone”) + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more rockish (comparative) most rockish (superlative)

Phrases

folk-rockish

Frequently Paired Words

poppish folk-rockish

Synonyms

rocky rockesque rocklike

Questions

What does rockish mean?
Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous
Where does rockish come from?
Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English rockish From rock (“stone”) + -ish.

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