Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pokerish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pok-er-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unsafe, dangerous

American usage; Archaic; Colloquial

adj

nervous, uneasy

Archaic; Colloquial

adj

Stiff, like a poker.

Example Sentences

"John even went so far as to admit that it "looked kind of pokerish," and he was glad they were in so comfortable a place."
"I wish Uncle Jed hadn't said what he did," he mused, when fairly beyond the town, "it makes me feel kind of pokerish; why didn't I think to bring my gun along?"

Etymology

From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: poker

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pokerish (comparative) most pokerish (superlative)

Derived Forms

pokerishly pokerishness

Questions

What does pokerish mean?: unsafe, dangerous
Where does pokerish come from?: From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

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