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forestish en · ADJ

Etymology

From forest + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, nonce-word) Characteristic of a forest.
    • The country near this place begins to look forestish. Cottages, as usual, neat, and overgrown with roses and honeysuckle, though ever so poor; a bit of lawn and gravel-walk to the door, in imitation of gentlemen's cottages. 1815, Louis Simond, Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain:

Forms

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more forestish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most forestish Degree=Sup lexicographic