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plainish

plainish adjective: somewhat plain in appearance.

Adjective

plainish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat plain in appearance.
    • Here is the ducal palace, a plainish structure seven storeys high with dungeons below, and this now serves as the Museum of Popular Art.1975, Hubert Fenwick, The chateaux of France

Origin of plainish

From plain + -ish.

Questions about plainish

What does plainish mean?
Plainish means somewhat plain in appearance.
What part of speech is plainish?
Plainish is an adjective.

Words near plainish in the dictionary

  1. plainhearted
  2. plainie
  3. plainies
  4. plaining
  5. plainings
  6. plainish
  7. plainland
  8. plainlands
  9. plainlier
  10. plainliest
  11. plainlike

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