Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heavenish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heav-en-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or characteristic of the sidereal heavens.

Etymology

From Middle English hevenish, from Old English heofonisċ (“heavenly”), equivalent to heaven + -ish.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hevenish, heofonisċ
Suffix: heaven

Inflected Forms

more heavenish (comparative) most heavenish (superlative)

Derived Forms

heavenishly

Questions

What does heavenish mean?: Pertaining to or characteristic of the sidereal heavens.
Where does heavenish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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