Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: ru-bish
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a rube.

Example Sentences

"I suppose I am a rubish hayseed in some sense, full of down-home notions that contradict the more sophisticated notions of my colleagues."

Etymology

From rube + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rube

Inflected Forms

more rubish (comparative) most rubish (superlative)

Questions

What does rubish mean?: Like a rube.
Where does rubish come from?: From rube + -ish.

How to pronounce rubish

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