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forestish

forestish adjective: characteristic of a forest.

Adjective

forestish (comparative more forestish, superlative most forestish)

  1. (archaic, nonce-word) Characteristic of a forest.
    • The country near this place begins to look forestish. Cottages, as usual, neat, and overgrown with roses and honeysuckle, though ever so poor; a bit of lawn and gravel-walk to the door, in imitation of gentlemen's cottages.1815, Louis Simond, Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain

Forms of forestish

comparativemore forestish
superlativemost forestish

Origin of forestish

From forest + -ish.

Questions about forestish

What does forestish mean?
Forestish means characteristic of a forest.
What part of speech is forestish?
Forestish is an adjective.

Words near forestish in the dictionary

  1. forestieras
  2. Forestiers
  3. forestification
  4. forestine
  5. foresting
  6. forestish
  7. forestization
  8. forestkeeper
  9. forestkeepers
  10. forestland
  11. forestlands

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