Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quackish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quack-ish
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.

Example Sentences

"The frothy orator, who busked his tales In quackish pomp of noisy words"

Etymology

From quack + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: quack

Inflected Forms

more quackish (comparative) most quackish (superlative)

Derived Forms

quackishly quackishness

Questions

What does quackish mean?: Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
Where does quackish come from?: From quack + -ish.

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