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pearlish

pearlish adjective: like a pearl; pearly.

Adjective

pearlish (comparative more pearlish, superlative most pearlish)

  1. Like a pearl; pearly.
    • In the pearlish half-light he made an apologetic smile and scrutinized the violin from the top and then both sides.2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 125

Forms of pearlish

comparativemore pearlish
superlativemost pearlish

Origin of pearlish

From pearl + -ish. Piecewise doublet of pearlesque.

Questions about pearlish

What does pearlish mean?
Pearlish means like a pearl; pearly.
What part of speech is pearlish?
Pearlish is an adjective.

Words near pearlish in the dictionary

  1. pearliness
  2. pearling
  3. pearlings
  4. pearlins
  5. pearlised
  6. pearlish
  7. pearlite
  8. pearlites
  9. pearlitic
  10. pearlized
  11. pearlless

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