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sievish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪvɪʃ/

Etymology

Formed as sieve + -ish. Compare memory like a sieve.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, of memory, rare) Like a sieve: unretentive.
   • Perhaps I have a frighteningly sievish memory, but I’ll be damned if I can flip a folded chart back and forth and remember exactly what was on the other side. 1982, Ferenc Máté, Best Boats: To Build or Buy, Albatross Publishing House, →ISBN, page 242, →ISBN:

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