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goose-ish

goose-ish is the alternative form of goosish.

Meaning of goosish

Adjective

goosish (comparative more goosish, superlative most goosish)

  1. Like a goose; somewhat gooselike.
  2. (broadly) Foolish.
    • Don't do anything gooseish, will you?' 'No, and don't you do anything gooseish either!' she retorted.2008, Georgette Heyer, Charity Girl - Page 23

Forms of goose-ish

comparativemore goose-ish
superlativemost goose-ish

Questions about goose-ish

What is goose-ish the alternative form of?
Goose-ish is the alternative form of goosish.

Words near goose-ish in the dictionary

  1. goose-drowners
  2. goose-flesher
  3. goose-fleshers
  4. goose-grass
  5. goose-grasses
  6. goose-ish
  7. goose-like
  8. goose-pen
  9. goose-penned
  10. goose-pens
  11. goose-rumped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goose-ish (page history and authors); goosish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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