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holyish

holyish adjective: somewhat holy.

Adjective

holyish

  1. Somewhat holy.
    • Perhaps he was the man who played 'O'Donnell Abu' on the harp before the programmes proper started, just to give everyone a minute to get ready and get us in the proper holyish mood […]1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 36
    • My grandfather and the holyish man entered the church.2013, J. C. Kuehn Miller, The Cackalacky Papers

Origin of holyish

From holy + -ish.

Questions about holyish

What does holyish mean?
Holyish means somewhat holy.
What part of speech is holyish?
Holyish is an adjective.

Words near holyish in the dictionary

  1. Holyfield
  2. Holyfields
  3. Holyhead
  4. holyhedra
  5. holyhedron
  6. holyish
  7. Holyland
  8. Holymoorside
  9. Holymoorside and Walton
  10. holyness
  11. holynesse

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