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wenchish

wenchish adjective: like or resembling a wench.

Adjective

wenchish (comparative more wenchish, superlative most wenchish)

  1. (rare) Like or resembling a wench.
    • Ann: black-haired and wenchish in her bosomy softness, but compact and clean as a spring spouting from sand.1994, Janice Daugharty, Going Through the Change, page 32
    • Emerging from her room in a low-cut jumper that made the most of her wenchish curves, Mary didn't bother with a hello.2010, Bernadette Strachan, Why Do We Have To Live With Men?

Forms of wenchish

comparativemore wenchish
superlativemost wenchish

Origin of wenchish

From wench + -ish.

Questions about wenchish

What does wenchish mean?
Wenchish means like or resembling a wench.
What part of speech is wenchish?
Wenchish is an adjective.

Words near wenchish in the dictionary

  1. wenchhood
  2. wenchier
  3. wenchiest
  4. wenchiness
  5. wenching
  6. wenchish
  7. wenchless
  8. wenchlike
  9. wenchly
  10. wenchman
  11. wenchmen

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