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pygmyish

pygmyish adjective: like a pygmy; dwarfish.

Adjective

pygmyish (comparative more pygmyish, superlative most pygmyish)

  1. Like a pygmy; dwarfish.

Forms of pygmyish

comparativemore pygmyish
superlativemost pygmyish

Origin of pygmyish

From pygmy + -ish.

Questions about pygmyish

What does pygmyish mean?
Pygmyish means like a pygmy; dwarfish.
What part of speech is pygmyish?
Pygmyish is an adjective.

Words near pygmyish in the dictionary

  1. pygmy tyrants
  2. pygmy woodpecker
  3. pygmy-possum
  4. pygmydom
  5. pygmyhood
  6. pygmyish
  7. pygmyism
  8. pygo-
  9. pygocephalomorph
  10. pygocephalomorphs
  11. pygofer

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