Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

africanish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: african-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat African.

Example Sentences

"She might look out of the upstairs window to the convoluted twist of bramble and Africanish sumac beyond the squared, mowed lawn, but her mind does not travel into it. Where the manicured, defined lawn ends her curiosity seems to stop."
"The discussion of the literature that is considered in this paper as Africanish and not African, goes a long way to help us answer the question at hand. The observation made on Africanish Literature imply what then is African Literature."
"Who is this woman who became such an iconic sex symbol? Braga describes herself: “I am a typical Brazilian. I have a typical Brazilian bottom, typical Brazilian colouring, even a bit Africanish, and typical Brazilian style” [...]"

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Africanisc. By surface analysis, African + -ish.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Africanisc

Inflected Forms

more Africanish (comparative) most Africanish (superlative)

Questions

What does africanish mean?: Somewhat African.
Where does africanish come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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