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hottish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English hot Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English hottish From hot + -ish.

Meanings

1. Somewhat hot.
   • "There certainly is a sort of hottish smell somewhere, sir," he admitted. "It isn't any woodwork about the fireplace scorching? We blind are so helpless." 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

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