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butterish

butterish adjective: characteristic of or resembling butter.

Adjective

butterish (comparative more butterish, superlative most butterish)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of or resembling butter.
    Synonyms:
    butterlike, buttery

Synonyms of butterish

Forms of butterish

comparativemore butterish
superlativemost butterish

Origin of butterish

From butter + -ish.

Questions about butterish

What does butterish mean?
Butterish means characteristic of or resembling butter.
What part of speech is butterish?
Butterish is an adjective.

Words near butterish in the dictionary

  1. butterinskies
  2. butterinskis
  3. butterinsky
  4. butteris
  5. butterises
  6. butterish
  7. butterknife
  8. butterknives
  9. Butterknowle
  10. butterleaf
  11. butterless

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