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Webster 1913 Edition
Wordish
Word′ish
,Adj.
Respecting words; full of words; wordy.
[R.]
Sir P. Sidney.
– Word′ish-ness
, Noun.
The truth they hide by their dark
woordishness
. Sir K. Digby.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wordish
WORDISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
wordish
wordish
English
Adjective
wordish (comparative more wordish, superlative most wordish)
- Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
- 1899, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly: Volume 83:
- He yieldeth to the power of the mind an image of that of which the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description.
- 2006, Edward Armstrong, A Ciceronian sunburn:
- "[...] But both have such an affinity in the wordish consideration, that I think this digression will make my meaning receive the fuller understanding."
- 1899, Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly: Volume 83: