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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

New Zealandish en · ADJ

Etymology

From New Zealand + -ish.

Meanings

  1. typical of New Zealand
    • I did indeed grow up with a fault line running through me, but that is a very New Zealandish feature when you consider that it is a country of earthquakes and volcanoes. (Can we date this quote?), Margaret Mahy, “A dissolving ghost”, in Damien Wilkins, editor, Great sporting moments, published 2005, page 352:
    • Don’t try to be more New Zealandish than the New Zealanders.

Forms

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most New Zealandish Degree=Sup lexicographic
more New Zealandish Degree=Cmp lexicographic