Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genteelish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-teel-ish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat genteel.

Example Sentences

"Not to detail the history minutely, there was a pretty numerous company, two genteelish ladies and their husbands, one a clergyman of buckish cast […] ."

Etymology

From genteel + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: genteel

Inflected Forms

more genteelish (comparative) most genteelish (superlative)

Questions

What does genteelish mean?: Somewhat genteel.
Where does genteelish come from?: From genteel + -ish.

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