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dewish

dewish adjective: resembling or characteristic of dew.

Adjective

dewish (comparative more dewish, superlative most dewish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of dew.
    • […] the dewish stubly ground […]1812, John Galt, The Life and Administration of Cardinal Wolsey, page cxciv
    Synonyms:
    dewy

Synonyms of dewish

Forms of dewish

comparativemore dewish
superlativemost dewish

Origin of dewish

From dew + -ish.

Questions about dewish

What does dewish mean?
Dewish means resembling or characteristic of dew.
What part of speech is dewish?
Dewish is an adjective.

Words near dewish in the dictionary

  1. dewired
  2. dewirement
  3. dewirements
  4. dewires
  5. dewiring
  6. dewish
  7. DeWitt
  8. DeWitt County
  9. Dewitted
  10. Dewitting
  11. Dewitts

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