Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twelvish

/ˈtwɛlvɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twelvish
IPA: /ˈtwɛlvɪʃ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of about twelve years of age.

Informal

noun

Any time close to 12 o'clock.

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"His twelvish son is introduced as a pyromaniacal, foul-mouthed shifty operator. His fourteenish daughter dresses in a manner that would be deemed inappropriately suggestive for a twenty-year-old, and has no worthy interests or social graces."
"The young men were in their shirtsleeves, with their collars open, and Miss Tillie was wilting in her chair, fanned by a twelvish black girl who looked unutterably bored."
"“I didn't believe it to be mere coincidence that nine years later I should happen upon a twelvish looking Carole Wood multitasking about the Monobrain Realm, tantalizingly close to a dimensional connector. […]”"

Etymology

From twelve + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: twelve

Usage

Inflected Forms

twelveish (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce twelvish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtwɛlvɪʃ/.
What does twelvish mean?: Of about twelve years of age.
Where does twelvish come from?: From twelve + -ish.

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