Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boorish

/ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: boor-ish
IPA: /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

Example Sentences

"May Week. . . . As in every year, that infamous week was dragging its boorish heels with remarkable infestivity."
"I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?"
"The only real-world effect is that it makes these figures appear boorish and unprofessional to anyone outside the online slopulist echo chamber."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more boorish (comparative) most boorish (superlative)

Derived Forms

boorishly boorishness unboorish

Frequently Paired Words

boarish

Synonyms

rude uncultured loutish neanderthal neandertal oafish swinish

Homonyms

boarish

Rhymes With

moorish

Questions

How do you pronounce boorish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/.
What does boorish mean?: Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
Where does boorish come from?: Etymology tree English boor Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English boorish From boor + -ish.

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