Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: il-lish
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Informal

Example Sentences

"Woke up feeling illish and to my despair found it was pouring with black, cold rain. It all looked depressing and dingy."

Etymology

From ill + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ill

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more illish (comparative) most illish (superlative)

Questions

What does illish mean?: Somewhat ill.
Where does illish come from?: From ill + -ish.

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