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sourish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sour-ish
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat sour.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *súHros Proto-Germanic *sūraz Proto-West Germanic *sūr Old English sūr Middle English sour Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch Middle English sourisch English sourish From Middle English sourisch, sourissh, sowrische, sowrishe, sowrisshe, sowryssh; equivalent to sour + -ish.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more sourish (comparative) most sourish (superlative)

Derived Forms

sourishly sourishness

Synonyms

lemony lemonlike tangy tart

Questions

What does sourish mean?
Somewhat sour.
Where does sourish come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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