Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poltroonish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poltroon-ish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more poltroonish (comparative) most poltroonish (superlative)

Derived Forms

poltroonishly

Questions

What does poltroonish mean?: Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
Where does poltroonish come from?: Etymology tree English poltroon Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English poltroonish From poltroon + -ish.

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