hoofish
hoofish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hoof.
Adjective
hoofish (comparative more hoofish, superlative most hoofish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a hoof.
- This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, page 56
- This spreading warmth, so freely shed, / Is token that ye are not dead, / Nor tranced beneath the hard, brute heel / Whose hoofish tread yet leaves you leal / To all the thoughts that gather round […]1862, Mrs. Newton Crosland, Mrs. Blake: A Story of Twenty Years, volume 2, page 245
Forms of hoofish
| comparative | more hoofish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hoofish |
Origin of hoofish
From hoof + -ish.
Questions about hoofish
- What does hoofish mean?
- Hoofish means resembling or characteristic of a hoof.
- What part of speech is hoofish?
- Hoofish is an adjective.
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