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cocoonish

cocoonish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cocoon.

Adjective

cocoonish (comparative more cocoonish, superlative most cocoonish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cocoon.
    • Walking through the space gives you a good idea of what cool kids are wearing: minidresses with very wide necks, hooded caterpillar-like pullovers, cocoonish overcoats with complicated closures, somber shirts that dribble strings from their cuffs.2009 September 17, Mike Albo, “New Wave’s Next Generation”, in New York Times

Forms of cocoonish

comparativemore cocoonish
superlativemost cocoonish

Origin of cocoonish

From cocoon + -ish.

Questions about cocoonish

What does cocoonish mean?
Cocoonish means resembling or characteristic of a cocoon.
What part of speech is cocoonish?
Cocoonish is an adjective.

Words near cocoonish in the dictionary

  1. cocooners
  2. cocoonery
  3. cocoonet
  4. cocooning
  5. cocoonings
  6. cocoonish
  7. cocoonlike
  8. cocoons
  9. Cocopa
  10. Cocopah
  11. Cocopahs

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