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nose-ish

nose-ish adjective: characteristic of a nose; noselike.

Adjective

nose-ish (comparative more nose-ish, superlative most nose-ish)

  1. Characteristic of a nose; noselike.
    • The boatswain had a nose one might consider beakish, or a beak that looked noseish.2019, Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, The Princess Beard: The Tales of Pell

Forms of nose-ish

comparativemore nose-ish
superlativemost nose-ish
alternative formnoseish

Origin of nose-ish

From nose + -ish.

Questions about nose-ish

What does nose-ish mean?
Nose-ish means characteristic of a nose; noselike.
What part of speech is nose-ish?
Nose-ish is an adjective.

Words near nose-ish in the dictionary

  1. nose-diving
  2. nose-ender
  3. nose-enders
  4. nose-first
  5. nose-glasses
  6. nose-ish
  7. nose-job
  8. nose-jobs
  9. nose-led
  10. nose-nipper
  11. nose-nippers

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