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Marlowish

Marlowish adjective: reminiscent of the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593) or his works.

Adjective

Marlowish (comparative more Marlowish, superlative most Marlowish)

  1. Reminiscent of the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593) or his works.
    Synonyms:
    Marlowesque

Synonyms of Marlowish

Forms of Marlowish

comparativemore Marlowish
superlativemost Marlowish

Origin of Marlowish

From Marlowe + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Marlowesque.

Questions about Marlowish

What does Marlowish mean?
Marlowish means reminiscent of the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593) or his works.
What part of speech is Marlowish?
Marlowish is an adjective.

Words near Marlowish in the dictionary

  1. Marlow
  2. Marlowe
  3. Marlowean
  4. Marlowesque
  5. Marlowian
  6. Marlowish
  7. Marlowism
  8. Marlowisms
  9. Marlows
  10. marlpit
  11. marlpits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Marlowish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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