temperish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a bad-tempered disposition; moody or volatile.
Example Sentences
- "If our reaction is temperish, Great Britain gets it five minutes after she sends her message."
- "The day Barry left, Pugin made a temperish comment in his diary: 'The present condition of the architecture is deplorable. Truth reduced to the position of an interesting but rare and curious relic.'"
- "As a general rule he had five simple emotion gears: he was either hungry, sleepy, curious, frightened, or temperish ."
- "It is discerned that a child is temperish, or so inclined; the intention, of course, is to avert the current of this coming tide."
- "His whole person was noticeable, too – the wide, ridgy shoulders, tumbling fair hair and queer, light eyes, temperish, pouted mouth and heavy jaw."
- "Emilia Trask had money but she had a temperish look."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more temperish (comparative)
most temperish (superlative)