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chavish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chav-ish
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

in the manner of or typical of a chav.

British usage; Derogatory; Slang

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more chavish (comparative) most chavish (superlative) chavvish (alternative)

Questions

What does chavish mean?
in the manner of or typical of a chav.
Where does chavish come from?
Etymology tree English chav Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English chavish From chav + -ish.

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