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skyish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English skyyssh, equivalent to sky + -ish.

Meanings

1. Like the sky
   • the skyish head Of blue Olympus c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
2. lofty; ethereal.

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