Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tosserish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tosser-ish
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a tosser (obnoxious person).

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Clearly, there are many ways of being less tosserish in life. But, surely, one of those ways involves not farting on and on about how much your standard of living has improved since you 'cut out all the crap and left all that mess behind'."
"'He is unfortunately developing tosserish elements,' she said into his ear."

Etymology

From tosser + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tosser

Usage

Inflected Forms

more tosserish (comparative) most tosserish (superlative)

Questions

What does tosserish mean?: Like a tosser (obnoxious person).
Where does tosserish come from?: From tosser + -ish.

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