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tootlish

tootlish adjective: senile.

Adjective

tootlish (comparative more tootlish, superlative most tootlish)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) Senile.
    • "Like Ben Bamsey," said the horseman. "'Tis whispered he've grown tootlish since his famous illness. That'll call for patience at Green Hayes."1920, Eden Phillpotts, Orphan Dinah

Forms of tootlish

comparativemore tootlish
superlativemost tootlish

Questions about tootlish

What does tootlish mean?
Tootlish means senile.
What part of speech is tootlish?
Tootlish is an adjective.

Words near tootlish in the dictionary

  1. tootler
  2. tootlers
  3. tootles
  4. tootling
  5. tootlings
  6. tootlish
  7. tootnague
  8. Tootoo
  9. Tootool
  10. Tootoos
  11. Tootoosis

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