Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maroonish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-roon-ish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat maroon in colour.

Example Sentences

"Queen of Night is as close to black as a flower gets, though in fact it is a dark and glossy maroonish purple."

Etymology

From maroon + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: maroon

Inflected Forms

more maroonish (comparative) most maroonish (superlative)

Questions

What does maroonish mean?: Somewhat maroon in colour.
Where does maroonish come from?: From maroon + -ish.

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