coldish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkoʊldɪʃ/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English cold Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English coldish From cold + -ish.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Somewhat cold.
"It's a treat of a colour," said he. "That coldish colour like earth, and yet shiny. It's like bog-water."
1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers:I was walking westward up the Strand, and though it was coldish I went slowly to get the pleasure of my cigar.
1939, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Coming Up for Air:
Deriveds
Translations (3)
fi kylmähkö (somewhat cold) · hy սառնավուն (somewhat cold) · hy ցրտավուն (somewhat cold)