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rawish

rawish adjective: somewhat raw.

Adjective

rawish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat raw.
    • The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], “The Prologue”, in Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew...

Origin of rawish

From raw + -ish.

Questions about rawish

What does rawish mean?
Rawish means somewhat raw.
What part of speech is rawish?
Rawish is an adjective.

Words near rawish in the dictionary

  1. rawhiding
  2. rawing
  3. rawinsonde
  4. rawinsondes
  5. Rawis
  6. rawish
  7. rawism
  8. rawist
  9. rawists
  10. rawk
  11. rawked

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