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waterish

waterish adjective: watery.

Adjective

waterish (comparative more waterish, superlative most waterish)

  1. Watery.
    • The Pepper-trees live in Italie; the ſhrub of Caſia or the Canell likewiſe in the Northerly regions; the Frankincenſe tree alſo hath been knowne to live in Lydia: but where were the hote gleames of the Sunne to be found in thoſe regions, either to drie up the wateriſh humor of the one, or to concot...1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XVI.] Of Certaine Prodigious Trees, and Presages Observed by Them. By what Meanes Trees Grow of Their Owne Accord. That All Plants Grow...

Forms of waterish

comparativemore waterish
superlativemost waterish

Origin of waterish

From Middle English watryssh, equivalent to water + -ish.

Words formed from waterish

Questions about waterish

What does waterish mean?
Waterish means watery.
What part of speech is waterish?
Waterish is an adjective.

Words near waterish in the dictionary

  1. watering places
  2. watering pot
  3. watering pots
  4. Wateringbury
  5. waterings
  6. waterish
  7. waterishly
  8. waterishness
  9. waterjacket
  10. waterjacketed
  11. waterjackets

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