Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bairnish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bair-nish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the manners of a child; childish; silly.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English *bernis, *barnisch, from Old English *bearnisċ and Old Norse bernskr (“childish”), from Proto-Germanic *barniskaz (“childish”), equivalent to bairn + -ish. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (barnisks, “childish”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *bernis, *bearnisċ, bernskr, *barniskaz
Suffix: bairn

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more bairnish (comparative) most bairnish (superlative) barnish (alternative, Northern England)

Derived Forms

bairnishlake bairnishness

Frequently Paired Words

bairnlike

Rhymes With

furnish burnish

Questions

What does bairnish mean?: Having the manners of a child; childish; silly.
Where does bairnish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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