Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maddish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mad-dish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"1642, Thomas Morton, The Presentment of a Schismaticke, London: R. Whitaker & S. Brown, p. 6, I have reserved for the last place a Character which maketh his case most desperate, called by Auusten maddish obstinacy […]"
"1815, Charles Lamb, letter to William Wordsworth dated 28 April, 1815, in The Letters of Charles Lamb, Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1905, Volume 4, p. 39, Excuse this maddish letter: I am too tired to write in forma."
"He is small and thin, and has glasses and large teeth and the maddish smile of genuine intellectual passion."

Etymology

Etymology tree English mad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English maddish From mad + -ish.

Rhymes With

radish kaddish faddish laddish caddish baddish saddish gladish

Questions

What does maddish mean?: Somewhat mad.
Where does maddish come from?: Etymology tree English mad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English maddish From mad + -ish.

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