Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vagabondish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vagabondish
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a vagabond.

Example Sentences

"But, in the same domains and at the end of the same century, his grandson William VII. was the most vagabondish, dissolute, and violent of princes; and his morals were so scandalous that the bishop of Poitiers, after having warned him to no purpose, considered himself forced to excommunicate him."
"It is hardly necessary, perhaps, to mention Mr. Lindsay's loyalty to the people of his place and hour, or the training in sympathy with their aims and ideals which he has achieved through vagabondish wanderings in the Middle West."

Etymology

From vagabond + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vagabond

Inflected Forms

more vagabondish (comparative) most vagabondish (superlative)

Questions

What does vagabondish mean?: Like a vagabond.
Where does vagabondish come from?: From vagabond + -ish.

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