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prayerish en · ADJ

Etymology

From prayer + -ish.

Meanings

1. Characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.
   • Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels. 1941 -, Norman Alley, I Witness, page 175:
   • Or because the people who went there were in a prayerish mood and were more likely to take care of me? 2018, Emma Shevah, Dara Palmer's Major Drama:
   • The only number I liked was that prayerish affair. 1960, Drum - Issues 105-117, page 63:
   • She had a prayerish voice. 1935, The Tanager - Volumes 11-12, page 9:

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