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Mills-and-Boonish

Mills-and-Boonish adjective: romantic in a formulaic way.

Adjective

Mills-and-Boonish (comparative more Mills-and-Boonish, superlative most Mills-and-Boonish)

  1. (informal) Romantic in a formulaic way.

Forms of Mills-and-Boonish

comparativemore Mills-and-Boonish
superlativemost Mills-and-Boonish

Origin of Mills-and-Boonish

After the romance publisher Mills & Boon, + -ish.

Questions about Mills-and-Boonish

What does Mills-and-Boonish mean?
Mills-and-Boonish means romantic in a formulaic way.
What part of speech is Mills-and-Boonish?
Mills-and-Boonish is an adjective.

Words near Mills-and-Boonish in the dictionary

  1. Mills bombs
  2. Mills County
  3. Mills Hill
  4. Mills Mess
  5. Mills' Mess
  6. Mills-and-Boonish
  7. Millsap
  8. Millsaps
  9. Millsboro
  10. Millsdale
  11. millsful

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