Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honest injun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: hon-est in-jun
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used to emphasize the truth of something.

American usage; Colloquial; Dated; Humorous; Offensive

noun

An honest person.

American usage; Colloquial; Dated; Humorous; Offensive

Etymology

From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

Usage

Inflected Forms

honest Indian (alternative) honest injuns (plural)

Questions

What does honest injun mean?: Used to emphasize the truth of something.
Where does honest injun come from?: From honest + injun, a dialectal or eye dialectal spelling of Indian.

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