wallowish
English
Etymology
wallow + -ish
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɒləʊɪʃ/
Adjective
wallowish (comparative more wallowish, superlative most wallowish)
- (archaic) Tasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.206-7:
- I have eaten some, whereof the taste is somewhat sweet and wallowish.
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