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chickenish

chickenish adjective: characteristic of a chicken; chickenlike.

Adjective

chickenish (comparative more chickenish, superlative most chickenish)

  1. Characteristic of a chicken; chickenlike

Forms of chickenish

comparativemore chickenish
superlativemost chickenish

Origin of chickenish

From chicken + -ish.

Questions about chickenish

What does chickenish mean?
Chickenish means characteristic of a chicken; chickenlike.
What part of speech is chickenish?
Chickenish is an adjective.

Words near chickenish in the dictionary

  1. chickenhouses
  2. chickenier
  3. chickeniest
  4. chickening
  5. chickening out
  6. chickenish
  7. chickenization
  8. chickenize
  9. chickenized
  10. chickenizes
  11. chickenizing

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