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antish

antish adjective: of or relating to ants.

Adjective

antish (comparative more antish, superlative most antish)

  1. Of or relating to ants.
    • Le Shechin prescribes the scales as a remedy against all sorts of antish swellings, because they are used to entrap ants […]1839, The Chinese Repository, volume 7, page 49
    • Ensure no queen ants enter your 'scope's mounting alive by introducing an arachnid defense force. One adult spider per square ... the following night. Most startling was my discovery that the antish queen had seen fit to use the entombed 240 v junction box as a nursery! Its casing was packed solid...2010, Steve Ringwood, Astronomers Anonymous

Examples of antish in a sentence

  • Most startling was my discovery that the antish queen had seen fit to use the entombed 240 v junction box as a nursery!2010, Steve Ringwood, Astronomers Anonymous:
  • Like—like something antish.” “What's antish?” Heart asked, intrigued.2015, Valentine McKay-Riddell, The River Goddess and Other Stories: - Page 87:

Forms of antish

comparativemore antish
superlativemost antish

Origin of antish

From ant + -ish.

Questions about antish

What does antish mean?
Antish means of or relating to ants.
How do you use antish in a sentence?
Most startling was my discovery that the antish queen had seen fit to use the entombed 240 v junction box as a nursery!
What part of speech is antish?
Antish is an adjective.

Words near antish in the dictionary

  1. antisexualists
  2. antisexuality
  3. antisexuals
  4. antisfermion
  5. antisfermions
  6. antish
  7. antishadow
  8. antishadowed
  9. antishadowing
  10. antishadows
  11. antishake

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