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spinsterish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spin-ster-ish
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more spinsterish (comparative) most spinsterish (superlative)

Derived Forms

spinsterishly spinsterishness

Questions

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

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