leekish
/ˈliːkɪʃ/
leekish adjective: resembling a leek, especially in colour.
Adjective
leekish (comparative more leekish, superlative most leekish)
- Resembling a leek, especially in colour.
- Occasionally a church gleams white, its spire thin on a leekish onion of dark grey; and then a small town spreads itself as the trees fall away — [...]1958, William Sansom, The icicle and the sun
- In describing garlic, Coghan contradicts other writers, for example Newton, who claims that it is a "grosse pothearb" that creates "naughty and corrupte iuyce," which in turn engenders a putrefying "leekish choler" in the body.2009, Bianca Ryan-Lopez, Corruption and Infected Sin
Forms of leekish
| comparative | more leekish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most leekish |
Origin of leekish
From leek + -ish.
Questions about leekish
- What does leekish mean?
- Leekish means resembling a leek, especially in colour.
- What part of speech is leekish?
- Leekish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce leekish?
- Leekish is pronounced /ˈliːkɪʃ/.
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