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Holmesish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Holmes + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
   • The environmental dimensions of energy production and consumption are, in fact, rarely out of the news — although one sometimes needs a Holmesish dedication to ferret out the evidence. 1978 June 1, John Elkington, “Fuelling the EIA flame”, in New Scientist:
   • But can they have accepted Edmund Wilson's verdict that all detective fiction is only Holmesish imitation, and elected to go back to Square One? 1964, Books and Bookmen, volume 10, page 71:
   • One reply to this is to say that we should count "Holmes might not have been a detective" as true just in case each Holmesish individual has a counterpart that is not a detective. 1990, Gregory Currie, The Nature of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140:

Forms

Relateds

Watsonish

Synonyms

Sherlock Holmesque · Sherlockish · Sherlocky · Sherlock Holmesy · Sherlock Holmesish