stewish en · ADJ
Etymology
From stew + -ish.
Meanings
- Like a stew or thick soup.
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(obsolete) Suiting a stew (brothel), i.e. lewd or lascivious
What, he, that earst to gain the ryming goale, The worne Recitall-post of Capitolle, Rymed in rules of stewish ribaldry, Teaching experimentall baudery?
1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stewish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stewish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |