Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sootish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soo-tish
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"things become blacke by a sootish and fuliginious matter proceeding from the sulphur of bodies torrified"

Etymology

From soot + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: soot

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more sootish (comparative) most sootish (superlative)

Questions

What does sootish mean?: sooty
Where does sootish come from?: From soot + -ish.

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