novelish
novelish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a novel.
Adjective
novelish (comparative more novelish, superlative most novelish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a novel.
- Yet he managed to throw over the most unlikely material a novelish or at least a romantic character, which is sometimes — nay, very often — utterly wanting in professed and admitted masters of the business[…]1919, George Saintsbury, A history of the French novel: to the close of the 19th century: Volume 2
- Two such books dawned in me when I first saw our post-encephalitic patients: Compulsion and Constraint (a study of subcortical disorders and mechanisms) and People of the Abyss (a novelish, Jack Londonish book).1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- Synonyms:
- novelesque, novellike
Synonyms of novelish
Forms of novelish
| comparative | more novelish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most novelish |
Origin of novelish
From novel + -ish. Piecewise doublet of novelesque.
Questions about novelish
- What does novelish mean?
- Novelish means resembling or characteristic of a novel.
- What part of speech is novelish?
- Novelish is an adjective.
Words near novelish in the dictionary
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