dearish
English
Etymology
From dear + -ish.
Adjective
dearish (comparative more dearish, superlative most dearish)
- Somewhat dear or precious
- 1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart:
- Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.
- 1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart:
Anagrams
- Haiders, Haredis, air shed, airshed, dashier, dehairs, hardies, shadier