novelettish en · ADJ
Etymology
From novelette + -ish.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
Inevitably the period laid a few eggs, of which the most evil-smelling were […] three unfortunate views on war: […] novelettish “Five Branded Women”; […]
1960 December 23, “Looking Back on 1960”, in Middlesex County Times and West Middlesex Gazette, Ealing edition, number 5882, Ealing, London, →OCLC, page 9, column 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most novelettish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more novelettish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |