Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porkish

/ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pork-ish
IPA: /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

adj

Colloquial

adj

Informal

adj

Relating to pork barrel funding.

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"Congressional leaders are frank about using their clout for porkish purposes, and DeLay is no exception."

Etymology

From pork + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pork

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more porkish (comparative) most porkish (superlative)

Derived Forms

porkishness porkishly

Synonyms

chubby chunky podgy tubby egocentric self-centered solipsistic egoistical every man for himself idiocentric individualistic interested

Rhymes With

orcish dorkish corkish

Questions

How do you pronounce porkish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/.
What does porkish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of pork.
Where does porkish come from?: From pork + -ish.

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