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Sherlock Holmesish

Sherlock Holmesish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Adjective

Sherlock Holmesish (comparative more Sherlock Holmesish, superlative most Sherlock Holmesish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
    • "When I found the letters with a name which matched the initials I felt very Sherlock Holmesish. […]1959, Emilie Loring, With This Ring, Bantam, page 41
    • Sir Berkeley stroked his beard and looked Sherlock Holmesish.1976, Betty Beaty, Love and the Kentish Maid, Harlequin, published 1976, →ISBN, page 131

Synonyms of Sherlock Holmesish

Forms of Sherlock Holmesish

comparativemore Sherlock Holmesish
superlativemost Sherlock Holmesish

Origin of Sherlock Holmesish

From Sherlock Holmes + -ish.

Questions about Sherlock Holmesish

What does Sherlock Holmesish mean?
Sherlock Holmesish means resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
What part of speech is Sherlock Holmesish?
Sherlock Holmesish is an adjective.

Words near Sherlock Holmesish in the dictionary

  1. Sherlins
  2. sherlock
  3. Sherlock Holmes
  4. Sherlock Holmes-iana
  5. Sherlock Holmesiana
  6. Sherlock Holmesish
  7. Sherlock Holmesque
  8. Sherlock Holmesy
  9. sherlocked
  10. Sherlockesque
  11. Sherlockian

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