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alloverish

alloverish is the alternative form of all-overish.

Meaning of all-overish

Adjective

all-overish (comparative more all-overish, superlative most all-overish)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
    • [H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle

Forms of alloverish

comparativemore alloverish
superlativemost alloverish

Questions about alloverish

What is alloverish the alternative form of?
Alloverish is the alternative form of all-overish.

Words near alloverish in the dictionary

  1. allouing
  2. allovein
  3. alloveins
  4. allovenous
  5. allover
  6. alloverish
  7. alloverishness
  8. alloverness
  9. allovers
  10. allow
  11. allow for

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