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gaolish

gaolish adjective: dated spelling of jailish.

Adjective

gaolish (comparative more gaolish, superlative most gaolish)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jailish.

Forms of gaolish

comparativemore gaolish
superlativemost gaolish

Origin of gaolish

From gaol + -ish.

Questions about gaolish

What does gaolish mean?
Gaolish means dated spelling of jailish.
What part of speech is gaolish?
Gaolish is an adjective.

Words near gaolish in the dictionary

  1. gaolhouses
  2. Gaoli
  3. gaoliang
  4. gaoling
  5. gaolings
  6. gaolish
  7. gaolkeeper
  8. gaolkeepers
  9. gaolless
  10. gaollike
  11. gaolmate

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