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fishiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
fishi-ness
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fishy.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English fishy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fishiness From fishy + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fishinesses (plural)

Questions

What does fishiness mean?
The quality of being fishy.
Where does fishiness come from?
Etymology tree English fishy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fishiness From fishy + -ness.

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