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queenish

queenish adjective: like a queen; regal.

Adjective

queenish (comparative more queenish, superlative most queenish)

  1. Like a queen; regal.
    • “These clothes give a queenish posture because they are long, have a lot of textile and are traditional,” she said at her home in northern Tehran.2008 January 2, Nazila Fathi, “Designer’s Rainbow Brightens Iranian Women’s Look”, in New York Times
  2. Like a drag queen.

Forms of queenish

comparativemore queenish
superlativemost queenish

Origin of queenish

From queen + -ish. Piecewise doublet of queanish.

Questions about queenish

What does queenish mean?
Queenish means like a queen; regal.
What part of speech is queenish?
Queenish is an adjective.

Words near queenish in the dictionary

  1. queening squares
  2. queening stool
  3. queening stools
  4. queening up
  5. queenings
  6. queenish
  7. Queenist
  8. Queenists
  9. Queenite
  10. Queenites
  11. queenless

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