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dearish

dearish adjective: somewhat dear or precious.

Adjective

dearish (comparative more dearish, superlative most dearish)

  1. Somewhat dear or precious
    • Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart

Forms of dearish

comparativemore dearish
superlativemost dearish

Origin of dearish

From dear + -ish.

Questions about dearish

What does dearish mean?
Dearish means somewhat dear or precious.
What part of speech is dearish?
Dearish is an adjective.

Words near dearish in the dictionary

  1. dearies
  2. dearing
  3. Dearinger
  4. Dearingers
  5. Dearings
  6. dearish
  7. Dearle
  8. Dearles
  9. dearlier
  10. dearliest
  11. dearling

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