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pelicanish

pelicanish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pelican.

Adjective

pelicanish (comparative more pelicanish, superlative most pelicanish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.
    • And with a grace that's also pelicanish / Hand them your bill.1954, Max Eastman, Poems of five decades, page 136
    • We were seated over a bottle of moselle when Tommy Earp entered and stood, rather pelicanish, looking dumbfounded with shyness as only Tommy can look.1970, Robert McAlmon, Kay Boyle, Being geniuses together, 1920-1930, Michael Joseph, page 77

Forms of pelicanish

comparativemore pelicanish
superlativemost pelicanish

Origin of pelicanish

From pelican + -ish.

Questions about pelicanish

What does pelicanish mean?
Pelicanish means resembling or characteristic of a pelican.
What part of speech is pelicanish?
Pelicanish is an adjective.

Words near pelicanish in the dictionary

  1. pelican pot
  2. pelican pots
  3. Pelican State
  4. Pelican Stater
  5. pelican's foot
  6. pelicanish
  7. pelicanist
  8. pelicanists
  9. pelicanlike
  10. pelicanries
  11. pelicanry

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