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clerkish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clerk-ish
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or resembling a clerk.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more clerkish (comparative) most clerkish (superlative)

Derived Forms

clerkishly

Questions

What does clerkish mean?
Like or resembling a clerk.
Where does clerkish come from?
Etymology tree English clerk Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English clerkish From clerk + -ish.

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