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more-ish

more-ish is the alternative form of moreish.

Meaning of moreish

Adjective

moreish (comparative more moreish, superlative most moreish)

  1. (Australia, UK, informal, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more; addictive.
    • More-ish. This wine has but one fault, and that is, it is more-ish: i.e. more of it is wanted, or there is too little of it.1788, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, page 322

Forms of more-ish

comparativemore more-ish
superlativemost more-ish

Questions about more-ish

What is more-ish the alternative form of?
More-ish is the alternative form of moreish.

Words near more-ish in the dictionary

  1. more than someone has had hot dinners
  2. more than you can shake a stick at
  3. more to the point
  4. more'n
  5. more's the pity
  6. more-ish
  7. more-or-less
  8. more-than
  9. Morea
  10. Moreau
  11. Moreauvian

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