simple-lifeish
English
Alternative forms
- simple life-ish
Etymology
From simple + life + -ish
Adjective
simple-lifeish (comparative more simple-lifeish, superlative most simple-lifeish)
- characteristic of (the) simple life
- 1914, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson, The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes:
- Everything looks so nice and primitive and simple-lifeish—and such fun.
- 1928, Olive Wadsley, Traceries:
- “Won't look so jolly and simple life-ish,” Sylvester pronounced, “when the November rains are sopping down.”
- 1973, Janey Ironside, Janey:
- A cousin of mine, Michael Tippett, stayed with us once or twice. He was very sweet, very simple-lifeish (knapsack and sandals), and of course I liked him all the more because he praised Virginia and said that she was sure to be a musician.
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