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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queanish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quean-ish
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a quean, an impudent or disreputable woman.

Obsolete

Etymology

From quean + -ish. Piecewise doublet of queenish.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more queanish (comparative) most queanish (superlative)

Questions

What does queanish mean?
Like a quean, an impudent or disreputable woman.
Where does queanish come from?
From quean + -ish. Piecewise doublet of queenish.

How to pronounce queanish

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