Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

newspaperish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: news-pa-per-ish
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.

adj

Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution.

Humorous

adj

Prone to using cliché phrases.

Etymology

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

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more newspaperish (comparative) most newspaperish (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

newspaper newspaperishness

Questions

What does newspaperish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a newspaper.
Where does newspaperish come from?: Etymology tree English newspaper Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English newspaperish From newspaper + -ish.

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