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mermaidish

mermaidish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.

Adjective

mermaidish (comparative more mermaidish, superlative most mermaidish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.
    • She was dressed in something slippery looking, mermaidish.2006, Tim Rundquist, Otter Tail Review, page 74
    • Then something snagged her gaze and she turned her eyes to the far side of the pool. A mermaidish tail submerged as soon as she had seen it.2014, Lael Silver, Foolish Kings

Forms of mermaidish

comparativemore mermaidish
superlativemost mermaidish

Origin of mermaidish

From mermaid + -ish.

Questions about mermaidish

What does mermaidish mean?
Mermaidish means resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.
What part of speech is mermaidish?
Mermaidish is an adjective.

Words near mermaidish in the dictionary

  1. mermaid's tresses
  2. mermaidcore
  3. mermaiden
  4. mermaidens
  5. mermaiding
  6. mermaidish
  7. mermaidism
  8. mermaidlike
  9. mermaids
  10. mermaids' purse
  11. mermaids' purses

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