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storybookish en · ADJ

Etymology

From storybook + -ish.

Meanings

1. Reminiscent of a storybook.
   • The illustrations, by Michael Foreman, are a little pallid and storybookish, with at least one — a depiction of Grendel’s mother as a grass-skirted fashion disaster with scaly green breasts — that is apt to elicit snickers rather than shudders. 2007 June 17, Charles Mcgrath, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times:

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