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squirrelish

squirrelish adjective: squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.

Adjective

squirrelish (comparative more squirrelish, superlative most squirrelish)

  1. Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
    • How delighted my friend, the Effendi, must have been upon entering such a paradise, which he soon did after we arrived there, followed by his Armenian interpreter, whom I like better than the Greek, Timoni, with his prying, squirrelish look, and malicious propensities.1834, William Thomas Beckford, Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal
    • In bountiful seasons a single Indian will gather thirty or forty bushels of them—a fine squirrelish employment.1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California

Forms of squirrelish

comparativemore squirrelish
superlativemost squirrelish

Origin of squirrelish

From squirrel + -ish.

Questions about squirrelish

What does squirrelish mean?
Squirrelish means squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
What part of speech is squirrelish?
Squirrelish is an adjective.

Words near squirrelish in the dictionary

  1. squirreliness
  2. squirrelinesses
  3. squirreling
  4. squirreling around
  5. squirreling away
  6. squirrelish
  7. squirrelled
  8. squirrelled around
  9. squirrelled away
  10. squirrelless
  11. squirrellier

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