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drabbish

drabbish adjective: somewhat drab in colour.

Adjective

drabbish (comparative more drabbish, superlative most drabbish)

  1. Somewhat drab in colour.
    • the fronts of the thighs of Gibberne's white trousers were scorched a drabbish brown1901, H. G. Wells, The New Accelerator
  2. (archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench.
    • instead of the drabbish woman she had expected, Mrs. Hall saw a pale, dark-eyed, ladylike creature, whose personality ruled her attire rather than was ruled by it.1884, Thomas Hardy, Interlopers at the Knap

Forms of drabbish

comparativemore drabbish
superlativemost drabbish

Origin of drabbish

From drab + -ish.

Questions about drabbish

What does drabbish mean?
Drabbish means somewhat drab in colour.
What part of speech is drabbish?
Drabbish is an adjective.

Words near drabbish in the dictionary

  1. drabbier
  2. drabbies
  3. drabbiest
  4. drabbiness
  5. drabbing
  6. drabbish
  7. drabble
  8. drabble-tail
  9. drabble-tails
  10. drabbled
  11. drabbler

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