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tartish

tartish adjective: mildly or slightly tart.

Adjective

tartish (comparative more tartish, superlative most tartish)

  1. Mildly or slightly tart.
    • Did you put the sugar in this recipe? It tastes rather tartish.
  2. (UK, slang) tarty; slutty
    • a tartish dress

Forms of tartish

comparativemore tartish
superlativemost tartish

Origin of tartish

From tart + -ish.

Questions about tartish

What does tartish mean?
Tartish means mildly or slightly tart.
What part of speech is tartish?
Tartish is an adjective.

Words near tartish in the dictionary

  1. tarting
  2. tarting up
  3. Tartini tone
  4. Tartini tones
  5. Tartinian
  6. tartish
  7. tartlet
  8. tartlets
  9. tartlette
  10. tartlettes
  11. tartlike

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