Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beaverish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beaver-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a beaver.

Example Sentences

"Gary and Chipper, her fifth-grader and her first-grader, had the chlorination of the Y about them. With their damp hair they looked riparian. Muskratty, beaverish."

Etymology

From beaver + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more beaverish (comparative) most beaverish (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

beaverlike beavery

Questions

What does beaverish mean?: Characteristic of a beaver.
Where does beaverish come from?: From beaver + -ish.

How to pronounce beaverish

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