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gooseberryish

gooseberryish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gooseberry (the fruit).

Adjective

gooseberryish (comparative more gooseberryish, superlative most gooseberryish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gooseberry (the fruit).
    • The Loire is represented by ten wines, among which I particularly liked the smoky, austerely dry Touraine Sauvignon Blanc from Dutertre Pere et Fils, and an unusual honeyed, more classically gooseberryish Cheverny Sauvignon Blanc […]2009, Anke Lüdeling, Corpus Linguistics, volume 2, page 975
  2. (UK, informal) Of a person: feeling neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
    • Dave and Jo were beginning to talk between themselves more and more, Debbie was beginning to feel a bit gooseberryish. She contented herself watching the independence debate programme showing on the pub TV set.2015, Stevie Mach, Silhouettes

Forms of gooseberryish

comparativemore gooseberryish
superlativemost gooseberryish

Origin of gooseberryish

From gooseberry + -ish.

Questions about gooseberryish

What does gooseberryish mean?
Gooseberryish means resembling or characteristic of a gooseberry (the fruit).
What part of speech is gooseberryish?
Gooseberryish is an adjective.

Words near gooseberryish in the dictionary

  1. gooseberry-grinder
  2. gooseberry-grinders
  3. gooseberry-picker
  4. gooseberry-pickers
  5. gooseberrying
  6. gooseberryish
  7. gooseberrylike
  8. goosebone
  9. goosebones
  10. gooseboy
  11. gooseboys

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