deerish
deerish adjective: characteristic of a deer; like a deer.
Adjective
deerish (comparative more deerish, superlative most deerish)
- Characteristic of a deer; like a deer.
- Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)
- Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] "1919, The Boy Scouts' Year Book
Examples of deerish in a sentence
- Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man.2011, Jim Hanas, Chris Eaton, Natalee Caple, Joyland Trio Deal:
- He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances.2014, Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman, The Accelerati Trilogy, Book One: Tesla's Attic:
Synonyms of deerish
Forms of deerish
| comparative | more deerish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deerish |
Origin of deerish
From deer + -ish. Compare Dutch diers, German tierisch, Swedish djurisk, Norwegian dyrisk.
Questions about deerish
- What does deerish mean?
- Deerish means characteristic of a deer; like a deer.
- How do you use deerish in a sentence?
- Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man.
- What part of speech is deerish?
- Deerish is an adjective.
Words near deerish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deerish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “deerish.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/deerish. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.