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birthdayish en · ADJ

Etymology

From birthday + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a birthday.
   • What was that gleaming greenly on Mother's hand? A ring . . . Dad's present. All very well, but rings were common things . . . even Sissy Flagg had one. But a pearl necklace! “A necklace is such a nice birthdayish thing,” said Mother. 1939, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside:
   • I unpacked the parcels at once with an eager birthdayish feeling. 2015, Nancy Buckingham, Return to Vienna:

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Synonyms

natalitial