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invalidish en · ADJ

Etymology

From invalid + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Characteristic of an invalid.
    • 1806, John Jebb, letter dated 4 October, 1806, in Charles Foster (ed.), The Life of John Jebb […] with a Selection from his Letters, London: James Duncan, 1837, 2nd edition, p. 415, I had it in my power to accommodate an invalidish lady with a seat in my carriage, for the last two stages of the journey, there being a great run on the road.
    • Mrs. Willowes made a poor recovery after Laura’s birth; as time went on, she became more and more invalidish, though always pleasantly so. 1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1964, Part 1, p. 16:
    • After the stroke, Constance once again sat in an invalidish room that smelled of flannel sheets and dog. 2015, Bee Wilson, “Throw it out the window”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 14: