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passoverish

passoverish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.

Adjective

passoverish (comparative more passoverish, superlative most passoverish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
    • There was Lord Moleyn, who had stayed on to the disorganised, passoverish meal that took the place of dinner on this festal day; […]1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
    • One October evening after an exceptionally passoverish dinner at Marmion House, Mr. Parham found himself with Sir Titus, Hereward Jackson, and Sir Bussy […]1930, H. G. Wells, The Autocracy of Mr. Parham

Forms of passoverish

comparativemore passoverish
superlativemost passoverish

Origin of passoverish

From Passover + -ish.

Questions about passoverish

What does passoverish mean?
Passoverish means resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
What part of speech is passoverish?
Passoverish is an adjective.

Words near passoverish in the dictionary

  1. passometer
  2. passometers
  3. passout
  4. passouts
  5. passover
  6. passoverish
  7. passovers
  8. Passow
  9. Passows
  10. passphrase
  11. passphrases

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