Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porcupinish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-cu-pin-ish
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.

Example Sentences

"He is described as prickly and porcupinish, but obviously gets beyond this stage of irritability."

Etymology

From porcupine + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: porcupine

Questions

What does porcupinish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a porcupine or its spines; defensive, prickly.
Where does porcupinish come from?: From porcupine + -ish.

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