cubbish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Reminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
Example Sentences
- "At last he opened and read the note, a clumsy, cubbish attempt to explain his language in Sanders's room, and to say the package was absolutely nothing but some violets, to apologize for any and every annoyance he might have caused Mr. and Mrs. Davies, for whom he entertained nothing but sentiments of the most profound respect and esteem, and begging if ever they met again to be regarded as most sincerely their friend, etc."
- "It is odd how much less cubbish the English boys are than the Scotch."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more cubbish (comparative)
most cubbish (superlative)