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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monkeyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mon-key-ish
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a monkey.

Etymology

From monkey + -ish. Piecewise doublet of monkeyesque.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more monkeyish (comparative) most monkeyish (superlative)

Derived Forms

monkeyishly monkeyishness

Synonyms

monkeyesque monkeylike

Questions

What does monkeyish mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a monkey.
Where does monkeyish come from?
From monkey + -ish. Piecewise doublet of monkeyesque.

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