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swartish

swartish adjective: somewhat swart (dark, or tawny).

Adjective

swartish (comparative more swartish, superlative most swartish)

  1. (archaic) Somewhat swart (dark, or tawny).

Forms of swartish

comparativemore swartish
superlativemost swartish

Origin of swartish

From Middle English swartish (“somewhat dark; darkish”), equivalent to swart + -ish.

Questions about swartish

What does swartish mean?
Swartish means somewhat swart (dark, or tawny).
What part of speech is swartish?
Swartish is an adjective.

Words near swartish in the dictionary

  1. Swarthouts
  2. swarths
  3. swarthy
  4. swartiness
  5. swarting
  6. swartish
  7. Swartkrans
  8. Swartkranz
  9. Swartley
  10. Swartleys
  11. swartness

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