Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schoolmarmish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: school-marmish
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmarm.

Etymology

Etymology tree English schoolmarm Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English schoolmarmish From schoolmarm + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more schoolmarmish (comparative) most schoolmarmish (superlative) school-marmish (alternative)

Derived Forms

schoolmarmishly schoolmarmishness unschoolmarmish

Questions

What does schoolmarmish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmarm.
Where does schoolmarmish come from?: Etymology tree English schoolmarm Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English schoolmarmish From schoolmarm + -ish.

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