Harry Potterish
Harry Potterish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
Adjective
Harry Potterish (comparative more Harry Potterish, superlative most Harry Potterish)
- Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
- Last summer interest in U.K. Garage reached Harry Potterish levels in Britain (David’s debut CD alone went six times platinum); […]2001 April 30, Christopher John Farley, “The Garage Door Opens”, in Time
- ‘[…] Oh, you could be something Harry Potterish.’ ‘Or maybe . . . Yes! If I could find the gear, I could go as a character from that book I’ve been reading to them.[…]’2002, Judith Cutler, Hidden Power, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 204
- Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Harry Potter.
- That bespectacled, Harry Potterish face, frowning earnestly at the assorted jumble of Ben’s computer, stirred the soppiest memories in my breast of the days when my son had himself been just such a pink-cheeked cherub.2002, Kate Fenton, Picking Up, Flame, →ISBN, page 104
- His dark brown hair was all over the shop, sticking out in tufts, and his spectacles were Harry Potterish.2003, Jill Mansell, Falling for You, Headline Review, →ISBN, page 80
Examples of Harry Potterish in a sentence
- All this is to say that the night after the dinner party from hell, I had a redemptive, Harry Potterish sort of dream.2004, Patricia J. Williams, Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons and the Search for a Room of My Own, New York, N.Y....
- It was where the Glomerels studied Glomery – no, I’m not making this up but it does sound Harry Potterish (or the other way round) – which was a corruption of grammarye or Latin grammar.2006, Benedict le Vay, Eccentric Cambridge: The Bradt City Guide, Bradt Travel Guides; The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 116:
- It struck him as Harry Potterish, but he respected the sources and so he abided.2006, Francis Paul Wilson, Harbingers, New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN, page 81:
- I, of course, did not tell Kenneth what I’d done – burning his letter at a wayside shrine – because in some Harry Potterish way he could have made a counter curse to that, too.2007, Marianne Faithfull, Memories, Dreams & Reflections, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 53:
Synonyms of Harry Potterish
Forms of Harry Potterish
| comparative | more Harry Potterish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Harry Potterish |
| alternative form | Harry Potter-ish |
| alternative form | Harry Potter–ish |
| alternative form | Harry-Potter-ish |
| alternative form | Harry-Potterish |
Origin of Harry Potterish
From Harry Potter + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Harry Potteresque.
Questions about Harry Potterish
- What does Harry Potterish mean?
- Harry Potterish means resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
- How do you use Harry Potterish in a sentence?
- All this is to say that the night after the dinner party from hell, I had a redemptive, Harry Potterish sort of dream.
- What part of speech is Harry Potterish?
- Harry Potterish is an adjective.
Words near Harry Potterish in the dictionary
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