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vowelish

vowelish adjective: of the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.

Adjective

vowelish (comparative more vowelish, superlative most vowelish)

  1. Of the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.
    • r Is a letter half vowelish; which, though the Italians (especially the Florentines) abhor, we keep entire with the Latins, and so pronounce1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar

Forms of vowelish

comparativemore vowelish
superlativemost vowelish

Origin of vowelish

From vowel + -ish.

Questions about vowelish

What does vowelish mean?
Vowelish means of the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.
What part of speech is vowelish?
Vowelish is an adjective.

Words near vowelish in the dictionary

  1. vowelisation
  2. vowelisations
  3. vowelise
  4. vowelised
  5. vowelises
  6. vowelish
  7. vowelising
  8. vowelism
  9. vowelist
  10. vowelists
  11. vowelization

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