Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parentish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-en-tish
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a parent.

Informal

Example Sentences

"It just shows how you were too young to be making parentish decisions.”"
"Doesn't help much, does it?” He grinned. “Well, it's a pretty parentish thing to say.”"

Etymology

From parent + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: parent

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more parentish (comparative) most parentish (superlative)

Questions

What does parentish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
Where does parentish come from?: From parent + -ish.

How to pronounce parentish

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