holyish en · ADJ
Etymology
From holy + -ish.
Meanings
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Somewhat holy.
Perhaps he was the man who played 'O'Donnell Abu' on the harp before the programmes proper started, just to give everyone a minute to get ready and get us in the proper holyish mood […]
1988, George O'Brien, Dancehall Days, page 36:My grandfather and the holyish man entered the church.
2013, J. C. Kuehn Miller, The Cackalacky Papers: