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Fauntleroyish

Fauntleroyish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the rags-to-riches children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, or its good-hearted boy protagonist.

Adjective

Fauntleroyish (comparative more Fauntleroyish, superlative most Fauntleroyish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the rags-to-riches children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, or its good-hearted boy protagonist.
    Synonyms:
    Fauntleroyesque

Synonyms of Fauntleroyish

Forms of Fauntleroyish

comparativemore Fauntleroyish
superlativemost Fauntleroyish

Origin of Fauntleroyish

From Fauntleroy + -ish.

Questions about Fauntleroyish

What does Fauntleroyish mean?
Fauntleroyish means resembling or characteristic of the rags-to-riches children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, or its good-hearted boy protagonist.
What part of speech is Fauntleroyish?
Fauntleroyish is an adjective.

Words near Fauntleroyish in the dictionary

  1. faunology
  2. fauns
  3. Fauntleroy
  4. Fauntleroy suit
  5. Fauntleroyesque
  6. Fauntleroyish
  7. Fauntleroys
  8. faunula
  9. faunulae
  10. faunule
  11. faunules

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