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baddish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bad-dish
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat bad; of a quality between mediocre and bad.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more baddish (comparative) most baddish (superlative)

Derived Forms

baddishness

Rhymes With

radish kaddish faddish laddish caddish maddish saddish gladish

Questions

What does baddish mean?
Somewhat bad; of a quality between mediocre and bad.
Where does baddish come from?
Etymology tree Middle English badde English bad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English baddish From bad + -ish.

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