Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruffianish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ruf-fi-an-ish
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.

Etymology

From ruffian + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ruffianish (comparative) most ruffianish (superlative)

Synonyms

ruffianly thuggish

Questions

What does ruffianish mean?
Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.
Where does ruffianish come from?
From ruffian + -ish.

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