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essayish

essayish adjective: resembling or characteristic of an essay.

Adjective

essayish (comparative more essayish, superlative most essayish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
    • the essayish portions of Melville's "Moby Dick"

Forms of essayish

comparativemore essayish
superlativemost essayish

Origin of essayish

From essay + -ish.

Questions about essayish

What does essayish mean?
Essayish means resembling or characteristic of an essay.
What part of speech is essayish?
Essayish is an adjective.

Words near essayish in the dictionary

  1. essayettes
  2. essayic
  3. essayical
  4. essaying
  5. essayings
  6. essayish
  7. essayism
  8. essayist
  9. essayistic
  10. essayistical
  11. essayistically

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