Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poorish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poor-ish
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat poor.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From poor + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does poorish mean?
Somewhat poor.
Where does poorish come from?
From poor + -ish.

How to pronounce poorish

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