Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lamish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lamish
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"I was rather puzzled about Wild Dayrell's chance at first, when a big light horse, with "P" on the sheets and a lamish hock, passed me; but I soon found out my error, and joined the cortige of the real Simon Pure."

Etymology

From lame + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lame

Questions

What does lamish mean?: Somewhat lame.
Where does lamish come from?: From lame + -ish.

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