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smokish

smokish adjective: characteristic of or resembling smoke.

Adjective

smokish (comparative more smokish, superlative most smokish)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling smoke
    • He was burning from the inside out. His breath came hard, in smokish bursts.2014, Jill Stephenson, Shelter
    • At first we see only the fabric, an expanse of smokish blue.2017, Josefine Klougart, Of Darkness, page 9

Forms of smokish

comparativemore smokish
superlativemost smokish

Origin of smokish

From Middle English smokish (also smekissh), equivalent to smoke + -ish.

Questions about smokish

What does smokish mean?
Smokish means characteristic of or resembling smoke.
What part of speech is smokish?
Smokish is an adjective.

Words near smokish in the dictionary

  1. smoking-jacketed
  2. smoking-room
  3. smoking-rooms
  4. smokingly
  5. smokings
  6. smokish
  7. smokist
  8. smokists
  9. smoko
  10. smokos
  11. smokum

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