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Webster 1913 Edition
Wallowish
Wal′low-ish
,Adj.
[Scot.
wallow
to fade or wither.] Flat; insipid.
[Obs.]
Overbury.
Definition 2024
wallowish
wallowish
English
Adjective
wallowish (comparative more wallowish, superlative most wallowish)
- (archaic) Tasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.206-7:
- I have eaten some, whereof the taste is somewhat sweet and wallowish.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.206-7: