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invalidish

invalidish adjective: characteristic of an invalid.

Adjective

invalidish (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of an invalid.
    • I had it in my power to accommodate an invalidish lady with a seat in my carriage, for the last two stages of the journey, there being a great run on the road.1806, John Jebb, letter dated 4 October, 1806, in Charles Foster (ed.), The Life of John Jebb […] with a Selection from his Letters, London: James Duncan, 1837, 2nd edition, p. 415
    • Mrs. Willowes made a poor recovery after Laura’s birth; as time went on, she became more and more invalidish, though always pleasantly so.1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1964, Part 1, p. 16

Origin of invalidish

From invalid + -ish.

Questions about invalidish

What does invalidish mean?
Invalidish means characteristic of an invalid.
What part of speech is invalidish?
Invalidish is an adjective.

Words near invalidish in the dictionary

  1. invalided out
  2. invalidhood
  3. invaliding
  4. invaliding out
  5. invalidings
  6. invalidish
  7. invalidism
  8. invalidisms
  9. invalidities
  10. invalidity
  11. invalidly

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