Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-ish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"The Pepper-trees live in Italie; the ſhrub of Caſia or the Canell likewiſe in the Northerly regions; the Frankincenſe tree alſo hath been knowne to live in Lydia: but where were the hote gleames of the Sunne to be found in thoſe regions, either to drie up the wateriſh humor of the one, or to concot and thicken the gumme and roſin of the other?"

Etymology

From Middle English watryssh, equivalent to water + -ish.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: watryssh

Inflected Forms

more waterish (comparative) most waterish (superlative)

Derived Forms

waterishly waterishness

Questions

What does waterish mean?: Watery.
Where does waterish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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