actorish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
Example Sentences
- "His flamboyance was more actorish than anything else."
- "It seemed to me that Rockcliffe Fellows, as Randolph, was altogether too actorish. I should have preferred John Bowers, the altogether natural mild villain, in this part."
- "Do not be too frightened of making your characters perform exaggerated, actorish gestures."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin āctorbor. Middle English actour English actor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English actorish From actor + -ish.
Inflected Forms
more actorish (comparative)
most actorish (superlative)