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mosquitoish

mosquitoish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.

Adjective

mosquitoish (comparative more mosquitoish, superlative most mosquitoish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.
    • The roar of traffic, the hum of the refrigerator, the whir of the fans on our space heater, even the mosquitoish buzz of electricity as it raced through the wires.2009, Karina L. Fabian, Magic, Mensa and Mayhem, page 81

Forms of mosquitoish

comparativemore mosquitoish
superlativemost mosquitoish

Origin of mosquitoish

From mosquito + -ish.

Questions about mosquitoish

What does mosquitoish mean?
Mosquitoish means resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.
What part of speech is mosquitoish?
Mosquitoish is an adjective.

Words near mosquitoish in the dictionary

  1. mosquitofishes
  2. mosquitogenic
  3. mosquitohawk
  4. mosquitohawks
  5. mosquitoing
  6. mosquitoish
  7. mosquitoless
  8. mosquitolike
  9. mosquitoproof
  10. mosquitos
  11. moss

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