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modelish

modelish adjective: resembling a fashion model.

Adjective

modelish (comparative more modelish, superlative most modelish)

  1. Resembling a fashion model.
    • Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks.1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015
    • She is tan and beautiful in a modelish way and Duane is crazy about her and they travel a lot.2014, Garrison Keillor, The Keillor Reader, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    modelesque, modelly

Synonyms of modelish

Forms of modelish

comparativemore modelish
superlativemost modelish

Origin of modelish

From model + -ish. Piecewise doublet of modelesque.

Questions about modelish

What does modelish mean?
Modelish means resembling a fashion model.
What part of speech is modelish?
Modelish is an adjective.

Words near modelish in the dictionary

  1. modeling language
  2. modeling languages
  3. modelings
  4. modelisation
  5. modelisations
  6. modelish
  7. modelist
  8. modelists
  9. modelization
  10. modelizations
  11. modelize

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