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dankish

dankish adjective: somewhat dank.

Adjective

dankish (comparative more dankish, superlative most dankish)

  1. Somewhat dank.
    • The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of dankish

comparativemore dankish
superlativemost dankish

Origin of dankish

From dank + -ish.

Words formed from dankish

Questions about dankish

What does dankish mean?
Dankish means somewhat dank.
What part of speech is dankish?
Dankish is an adjective.

Words near dankish in the dictionary

  1. Dankerts
  2. dankest
  3. Dankias
  4. dankie
  5. danking
  6. dankish
  7. dankishness
  8. dankly
  9. dankness
  10. danknesses
  11. Danko

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