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waggish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
wag-gish
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

witty, jocular, like a wag

adj

mischievous, tricky

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English wag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English waggish From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more waggish (comparative) most waggish (superlative)

Derived Forms

waggishly waggishness

Questions

What does waggish mean?
witty, jocular, like a wag
Where does waggish come from?
Etymology tree English wag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English waggish From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.

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