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silverish

silverish adjective: somewhat silver in colour.

Adjective

silverish (comparative more silverish, superlative most silverish)

  1. Somewhat silver in colour.
    • She was especially excited about the silverish trousers with the zigzag zippers.2007 May 27, Jerome E. Copulsky, “In the Dressing Room, Relationships Laid Bare”, in New York Times

Forms of silverish

comparativemore silverish
superlativemost silverish

Origin of silverish

From silver + -ish.

Questions about silverish

What does silverish mean?
Silverish means somewhat silver in colour.
What part of speech is silverish?
Silverish is an adjective.

Words near silverish in the dictionary

  1. Silverio
  2. Silverios
  3. silverise
  4. silverised
  5. silverises
  6. silverish
  7. silverising
  8. silverist
  9. silverists
  10. silverite
  11. silverites

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