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battish

battish adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling a bat.

Adjective

battish (comparative more battish, superlative most battish)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bat.
    • battish wings
    • A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4

Forms of battish

comparativemore battish
superlativemost battish

Origin of battish

From bat + -ish.

Questions about battish

What does battish mean?
Battish means of, pertaining to, or resembling a bat.
What part of speech is battish?
Battish is an adjective.

Words near battish in the dictionary

  1. battings
  2. Battins
  3. Battinson
  4. Battipaglia
  5. Battir
  6. battish
  7. Battista
  8. Battistas
  9. Battiste
  10. Battistes
  11. battle

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