Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swartish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
swartish
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat swart (dark, or tawny).

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English swartish (“somewhat dark; darkish”), equivalent to swart + -ish.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more swartish (comparative) most swartish (superlative)

Questions

What does swartish mean?
Somewhat swart (dark, or tawny).
Where does swartish come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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