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idolish

/ˈaɪdəlɪʃ/

idolish adjective: idolatrous.

Adjective

idolish (comparative more idolish, superlative most idolish)

  1. (obsolete) Idolatrous.
    • they have stuffed their idolish temples with the wasteful pillage of your estates1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
  2. Resembling or characteristic of an idol.
    • I observed on a shelf an idolish-looking image, so I said to the girl, "Is that one of your idols?"1884, India's Women, volume 4, page 17

Forms of idolish

comparativemore idolish
superlativemost idolish

Origin of idolish

From idol + -ish.

Questions about idolish

What does idolish mean?
Idolish means idolatrous.
What part of speech is idolish?
Idolish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce idolish?
Idolish is pronounced /ˈaɪdəlɪʃ/.

Words near idolish in the dictionary

  1. idolise
  2. idolised
  3. idoliser
  4. idolisers
  5. idolises
  6. idolish
  7. idolising
  8. idolism
  9. idolisms
  10. idolist
  11. idolistic

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