fangish en · ADJ
Etymology
From fang + -ish.
Meanings
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Resembling, characteristic of, or in possession of fangs.
The same liquid apparently presently being sucked up by her own teeth, which had grown decidedly fangish.
2007, Lynsay Sands, Bite Me If You Can, page 72:hear how they grind their fangish teeth ; and read their horrors in their hungry eyes !"
1862, Dante Alighieri, translated by W. P. Wilkie, The Inferno, page 126:A narrow forked tongue as red as blood slithered out from between two long fangish teeth and flickered in the air.
1999, Jeff Crook, The Rose and the Skull, page 133:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fangish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fangish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |