invalidish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of an invalid.
Example Sentences
- "1806, John Jebb, letter dated 4 October, 1806, in Charles Foster (ed.), The Life of John Jebb […] with a Selection from his Letters, London: James Duncan, 1837, 2nd edition, p. 415, I had it in my power to accommodate an invalidish lady with a seat in my carriage, for the last two stages of the journey, there being a great run on the road."
- "Mrs. Willowes made a poor recovery after Laura’s birth; as time went on, she became more and more invalidish, though always pleasantly so."
- "After the stroke, Constance once again sat in an invalidish room that smelled of flannel sheets and dog."