squarish
/ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side—squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did."
- "The cars, which are of pleasing but somewhat squarish outline, are unstreamlined."
- "1996, Kenzaburō Ōe, An Echo of Heaven (1989), translated by Margaret Mitsutani, Tokyo: Kondansha International, Chapter 1, p. 22, She gaily thrust her squarish chin toward the front of the tent."
- "[H]e was waving a big blue squarish gun […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English square Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English squarish From square + -ish.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more squarish (comparative)
most squarish (superlative)