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sparrowish

sparrowish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sparrow.

Adjective

sparrowish (comparative more sparrowish, superlative most sparrowish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sparrow.

Forms of sparrowish

comparativemore sparrowish
superlativemost sparrowish

Origin of sparrowish

From sparrow + -ish.

Questions about sparrowish

What does sparrowish mean?
Sparrowish means resembling or characteristic of a sparrow.
What part of speech is sparrowish?
Sparrowish is an adjective.

Words near sparrowish in the dictionary

  1. sparrowfart
  2. sparrowfarts
  3. sparrowgrass
  4. sparrowhawk
  5. sparrowhawks
  6. sparrowish
  7. sparrowless
  8. sparrowlike
  9. sparrowling
  10. sparrowlings
  11. sparrows

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