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haggish

/ˈhæɡɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hag-gish
IPA
/ˈhæɡɪʃ/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a hag.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more haggish (comparative) most haggish (superlative)

Derived Forms

haggishly haggishness

Questions

How do you pronounce haggish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæɡɪʃ/.
What does haggish mean?
Like a hag.
Where does haggish come from?
Etymology tree English hag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English haggish From hag + -ish.

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