Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fogyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fo-gy-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a fogy

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more fogyish (comparative) most fogyish (superlative)

Synonyms

old-fogyish moss-grown mossy stick-in-the-mud stodgy

Questions

What does fogyish mean?: Characteristic of a fogy
Where does fogyish come from?: Etymology tree English fogy Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English fogyish From fogy + -ish.

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