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foalish

foalish adjective: of, resembling or related to foals.

Adjective

foalish (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, resembling or related to foals.
    • Nor are these mares spending their days grazing beneath shady trees and their evenings in warm, dry box stalls as they await their blessed events and muse about foalish names.1994 May, Candace Van Scriver, "Sorry, Mares" (response), Vegetarian Times, issue 201, page 8.

Origin of foalish

From foal + -ish.

Questions about foalish

What does foalish mean?
Foalish means of, resembling or related to foals.
What part of speech is foalish?
Foalish is an adjective.

Words near foalish in the dictionary

  1. foalfoot
  2. foalfoots
  3. foalhood
  4. foaling
  5. foalings
  6. foalish
  7. foals
  8. foam
  9. foam at the mouth
  10. foam bath
  11. foam baths

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