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parentish

parentish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a parent.

Adjective

parentish (comparative more parentish, superlative most parentish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
    • It just shows how you were too young to be making parentish decisions.”2013, Adele Griffin, Split Just Right
    • Doesn't help much, does it?” He grinned. “Well, it's a pretty parentish thing to say.”2013, Steven Parlato, The Namesake

Forms of parentish

comparativemore parentish
superlativemost parentish

Origin of parentish

From parent + -ish.

Questions about parentish

What does parentish mean?
Parentish means resembling or characteristic of a parent.
What part of speech is parentish?
Parentish is an adjective.

Words near parentish in the dictionary

  1. parentify
  2. parentifying
  3. parenting
  4. parentings
  5. Parentis
  6. parentish
  7. parentism
  8. parentisms
  9. parentization
  10. parentize
  11. parentized

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