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hottish

hottish adjective: somewhat hot.

Adjective

hottish (comparative more hottish, superlative most hottish)

  1. Somewhat hot.
    • "There certainly is a sort of hottish smell somewhere, sir," he admitted.
      "It isn't any woodwork about the fireplace scorching? We blind are so helpless."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Forms of hottish

comparativemore hottish
superlativemost hottish

Origin of hottish

From hot + -ish.

Questions about hottish

What does hottish mean?
Hottish means somewhat hot.
What part of speech is hottish?
Hottish is an adjective.

Words near hottish in the dictionary

  1. hotties
  2. hotting
  3. hotting up
  4. Hottinger
  5. Hottingers
  6. hottish
  7. Hottle
  8. Hottles
  9. hotty
  10. Hotunje
  11. hotwalk

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