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Sherlockish

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

Adjective

Sherlockish (comparative more Sherlockish, superlative most Sherlockish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
    • Curt chuckled. "You sound so important and Sherlockish! […]1938 March 11, Sophie Kerr, “There's Only One”, in The Massena Observer, page 4
    • It's starting to come together nicely, and Meyer's character is starting to ring truer, although perhaps a bit to^([sic]) Sherlockish.2001 June 12, thurmans, “Re: Bye Bye Black Sheep - Chapter 9”, in alt.fan.travis-mcgee (Usenet)

Synonyms of Sherlockish

Forms of Sherlockish

comparativemore Sherlockish
superlativemost Sherlockish

Origin of Sherlockish

From Sherlock + -ish.

Questions about Sherlockish

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

Words near Sherlockish in the dictionary

  1. Sherlockesque
  2. Sherlockian
  3. Sherlockiana
  4. Sherlockians
  5. sherlocking
  6. Sherlockish
  7. sherlocks
  8. Sherlocky
  9. Sherlolly
  10. Sherlyn
  11. sherm

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