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copperish

copperish adjective: like copper; coppery.

Adjective

copperish (comparative more copperish, superlative most copperish)

  1. Like copper; coppery.
    • She was naked like himself, but chocolate-coloured, not copperish as he was.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 63

Forms of copperish

comparativemore copperish
superlativemost copperish

Origin of copperish

From copper + -ish.

Words formed from copperish

Questions about copperish

What does copperish mean?
Copperish means like copper; coppery.
What part of speech is copperish?
Copperish is an adjective.

Words near copperish in the dictionary

  1. Copperheadism
  2. copperheads
  3. copperiness
  4. coppering
  5. copperings
  6. copperish
  7. copperishness
  8. copperization
  9. copperize
  10. copperized
  11. copperizes

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