Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roughish

/ˈɹʌfɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roughish
IPA: /ˈɹʌfɪʃ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat rough.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more roughish (comparative) most roughish (superlative)

Derived Forms

roughishly roughishness

Questions

How do you pronounce roughish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹʌfɪʃ/.
What does roughish mean?: Somewhat rough.
Where does roughish come from?: Etymology tree English rough Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English roughish From rough + -ish.

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