Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dankish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dank-ish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more dankish (comparative) most dankish (superlative)

Derived Forms

dankishness

Questions

What does dankish mean?: Somewhat dank.
Where does dankish come from?: Etymology tree English dank Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English dankish From dank + -ish.

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