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foulish

foulish adjective: somewhat foul. Also the obsolete form of foolish.

Adjective

foulish (comparative more foulish, superlative most foulish)

  1. Somewhat foul.
    • His nose was suddenly assaulted by a foulish odor.2008, Kevin Wright Carney, A Cold Night in the Atlantic, page 144

Also used as

foulish is also the obsolete form of foolish.

Forms of foulish

comparativemore foulish
superlativemost foulish

Origin of foulish

From foul + -ish.

Questions about foulish

What does foulish mean?
Foulish means somewhat foul.
What part of speech is foulish?
Foulish is an adjective.

Words near foulish in the dictionary

  1. fouling
  2. fouling one's own nest
  3. fouling out
  4. fouling up
  5. foulings
  6. foulish
  7. Foulke
  8. Foulkes
  9. Foulkeses
  10. Foulks
  11. Foulkses

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