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dowagerish

dowagerish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a dowager.

Adjective

dowagerish (comparative more dowagerish, superlative most dowagerish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dowager.

Forms of dowagerish

comparativemore dowagerish
superlativemost dowagerish

Origin of dowagerish

From dowager + -ish.

Questions about dowagerish

What does dowagerish mean?
Dowagerish means resembling or characteristic of a dowager.
What part of speech is dowagerish?
Dowagerish is an adjective.

Words near dowagerish in the dictionary

  1. dowage
  2. dowager
  3. dowager's hump
  4. dowager's humps
  5. dowagerial
  6. dowagerish
  7. dowagerism
  8. dowagerlike
  9. dowagerly
  10. dowagers
  11. dowagers' humps

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