carrotish
English
Etymology
From carrot + -ish.
Adjective
carrotish (comparative more carrotish, superlative most carrotish)
- Resembling a carrot.
- 1909, List of Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams Found in the Angmagsalik District on the East Coast of Greenland, page 246:
- The whole plant has a peculiar carrotish taste, leaving a musky umbelliferous taste.
- 1969, Journal, Lancaster County Historical Society, page 171:
- Both these girls had beautiful brown curls quite in contrast to my carrotish blonde straight hair.
- 2008, David Liss, The Whiskey Rebels, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 11:
- His nose was too long and carrotish, his chin too weak, his teeth unhealthy, and his eyes baggy.
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Synonyms
- carroty
Translations
resembling a carrot — see carroty