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otherish

otherish adjective: pertaining or belonging to another kind; different.

Adjective

otherish (comparative more otherish, superlative most otherish)

  1. Pertaining or belonging to another kind; different.
    • This likens the insect to another otherish human―not impossibly cruel this time, but impossibly brilliant.2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six legs better: a cultural history of myrmecology
  2. Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless.
    • About the word "altruistic" and the suggestion of "otherish," the real meaning of the difficulty about a word for "regard to others," is that we do not want it.1884, James Hinton, The law-breaker and the coming of the law

Forms of otherish

comparativemore otherish
superlativemost otherish

Origin of otherish

From other + -ish. Cognate with Dutch anders (“different”).

Questions about otherish

What does otherish mean?
Otherish means pertaining or belonging to another kind; different.
What part of speech is otherish?
Otherish is an adjective.

Words near otherish in the dictionary

  1. otherisation
  2. otherisations
  3. otherise
  4. otherised
  5. otherises
  6. otherish
  7. otherising
  8. otherization
  9. otherizations
  10. otherize
  11. otherized

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