jailish en · ADJ
Etymology
From jail + -ish.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of prison.
751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […] a certain want of decorum, a squalor of sentiment, a sort of jailish cast, contracted in the course of confinement, which disgusted the delicacy of our hero's observation.
March 9 1788, Anna Seward, a letter […] the jailish gloom of Venetian blinds […]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more jailish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most jailish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |