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yearbookish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English yearbook Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English yearbookish From yearbook + -ish.

Meanings

  1. (rare) In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.
    • […] John Currin moved from painting yearbookish images of anonymous girls to painting outrageously goofy pictures of women with ridiculously oversize breasts. 2009 January 25, Ken Johnson, “The Image Is Erotic. But Is It Art?”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more yearbookish Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most yearbookish Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

yearbooky