skullish en · ADJ
Etymology
From skull + -ish.
Meanings
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Characteristic of or somewhat resembling a skull.
Moonlight caught the skullish face, became a hot flooding wax that pooled into gopher-hole eye sockets and flowed over bone and tooth, sluiced along jawline and spilled into cadaverous oblivion.
2002, Cathy Buburuz, Side Show: Tales of the Big Top and the Bizarre, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most skullish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more skullish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |