Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mauvish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mau-vish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat mauve.

Example Sentences

"In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge."

Etymology

From mauve + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mauve

Inflected Forms

more mauvish (comparative) most mauvish (superlative)

Questions

What does mauvish mean?: Somewhat mauve.
Where does mauvish come from?: From mauve + -ish.

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