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doctorish

doctorish adjective: of or pertaining to the qualities of a doctor.

Adjective

doctorish (comparative more doctorish, superlative most doctorish)

  1. Of or pertaining to the qualities of a doctor.
    • He doesn't wear doctorish clothes, just his jeans and a khaki shirt with the sleeves rolled up, with some T-shirt on underneath.2007, Deb Caletti, The Nature of Jade, page 41

Forms of doctorish

comparativemore doctorish
superlativemost doctorish

Origin of doctorish

From doctor + -ish.

Words formed from doctorish

Questions about doctorish

What does doctorish mean?
Doctorish means of or pertaining to the qualities of a doctor.
What part of speech is doctorish?
Doctorish is an adjective.

Words near doctorish in the dictionary

  1. doctorially
  2. doctorin'
  3. doctoring
  4. doctoring up
  5. doctorings
  6. doctorish
  7. doctorishness
  8. doctorize
  9. doctorized
  10. doctorizes
  11. doctorizing

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