Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thickish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: thick-ish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat thick.

Example Sentences

"Here he buried himself in a close-printed, thickish volume which had been his chosen browse for some time."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more thickish (comparative) most thickish (superlative)

Questions

What does thickish mean?: Somewhat thick.
Where does thickish come from?: Etymology tree English thick Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English thickish From thick + -ish.

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