Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dearish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dear-ish
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat dear or precious

Example Sentences

"Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him."

Etymology

From dear + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dear

Inflected Forms

more dearish (comparative) most dearish (superlative)

Questions

What does dearish mean?: Somewhat dear or precious
Where does dearish come from?: From dear + -ish.

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