sootish en · ADJ
Etymology
From soot + -ish.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare) sooty
things become blacke by a sootish and fuliginious matter proceeding from the sulphur of bodies torrified
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sootish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sootish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |