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grandfatherish

grandfatherish adjective: grandfatherly.

Adjective

grandfatherish (comparative more grandfatherish, superlative most grandfatherish)

  1. grandfatherly

Forms of grandfatherish

comparativemore grandfatherish
superlativemost grandfatherish

Origin of grandfatherish

From grandfather + -ish.

Questions about grandfatherish

What does grandfatherish mean?
Grandfatherish means grandfatherly.
What part of speech is grandfatherish?
Grandfatherish is an adjective.

Words near grandfatherish in the dictionary

  1. grandfathered in
  2. grandfatherhood
  3. grandfathering
  4. grandfathering in
  5. grandfatherings
  6. grandfatherish
  7. grandfatherism
  8. grandfatherless
  9. grandfatherlessness
  10. grandfatherliness
  11. grandfatherly

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