Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clubbish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: club-bish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a club (social establishment).

adj

Disposed to club together.

Example Sentences

"For had not ſhe bene mercifull, my ſhip had ruſht on Rocks, And ſo decayed amids the ſtormes, through force of clubbiſh knocks"
"She remembered a long-ago dinner they shared at Chasen's, one of Hollywood's most clubbish and exclusive restaurants […]"
"Some of the Centered Workshops get very clubbish, even encounter-groupish, I was told, and some don't. Ours didn't, although we certainly had a good time together."
"A clubbish man, Duyckinck liked to discuss his plans for the Libraries with his close circle of friends, two of whom […] he hoped to enlist as contributors to the American Library."
"[…] the "bon vivants of a 1930's clubbish set" […]"

Etymology

From club + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: club

Inflected Forms

more clubbish (comparative) most clubbish (superlative)

Derived Forms

unclubbish

Synonyms

clubby

Questions

What does clubbish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).
Where does clubbish come from?: From club + -ish.

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