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woolish en · ADJ

Etymology

From wool + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of wool.
   • He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform. 1998, Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early, High Water Press, →ISBN, page 263:
   • He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes. 2004, L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth, Vortex, →ISBN, page 279:
   • (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?) 2006, C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers, →ISBN, page 106:

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Synonyms

wooly · woolly · woollike