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parkish

parkish adjective: synonym of parklike: similar to a park.

Adjective

parkish (comparative more parkish, superlative most parkish)

  1. Synonym of parklike: similar to a park.
    • Among them a parkish-looking place, on the left bank, caught my attention, and I walked along a good road, not merely to get a nearer view of it, but also to take a look at the salmon-leap, which I knew to be about the spot.1836, John Barrow, A tour round Ireland, page 89
    Synonyms:
    parklike

Proper noun capitalized: Parkish

Parkish

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of parkish

Forms of parkish

comparativemore parkish
superlativemost parkish

Origin of parkish

From park + -ish.

Questions about parkish

What does parkish mean?
Parkish means synonym of parklike: similar to a park.
What part of speech is parkish?
Parkish can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near parkish in the dictionary

  1. parkinsonite
  2. parkinsonogenic
  3. parkinsonoid
  4. Parkinsons
  5. parkis
  6. parkish
  7. Parkison
  8. Parkisons
  9. parkitecture
  10. parkkeeper
  11. parkkeepers

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