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Aesopish

Aesopish adjective: characteristic of Aesop's animal fables; Aesopian.

Adjective

Aesopish (comparative more Aesopish, superlative most Aesopish)

  1. Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables; Aesopian.
    • The Lucky One (1919) came to the stage several years later and was somewhat more serious in tone, being a character study of two brothers, one brilliant, one dull; of course, the tortoise won the race for the hand of the girl they both wanted in typically Æsopish fashion.1947, A History of Modern Drama, Ed. by Barrett H. Clark and George Freedley
    • I am feeling a little Aesopish today and hence this story.2002, Gaurav Sabnis, Vantage point

Forms of Aesopish

comparativemore Aesopish
superlativemost Aesopish
alternative formÆsopish

Origin of Aesopish

From Aesop + -ish.

Questions about Aesopish

What does Aesopish mean?
Aesopish means characteristic of Aesop's animal fables; Aesopian.
What part of speech is Aesopish?
Aesopish is an adjective.

Words near Aesopish in the dictionary

  1. Aesopianism
  2. Aesopianisms
  3. Aesopic
  4. Aesopical
  5. Aesopically
  6. Aesopish
  7. Aesoplike
  8. Aesops
  9. AEST
  10. aesthenopia
  11. aesthenopic

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