wolfish
/ˈwʊlfiʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
adj
Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf.
Example Sentences
- "a wolfish appetite"
- "“[…] Here, Fangs! Fangs!” he ejaculated at the top of his voice to a ragged wolfish-looking dog […]"
- "He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós? Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Proto-West Germanic *wulf Old English wulf Middle English wolf English wolf Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English wolfish From wolf + -ish.