berryish

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adjective

Tasting like berries (especially in describing wine).

OriginEnglish berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe →
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Meanings

adjectiveberryish (comparative more berryish, superlative most berryish)

comparative more berryish · superlative most berryish

  1. Tasting like berries (especially in describing wine).

    The red, mostly merlot but with dollops of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, is berryish, beefy, concentrated and soft.

    2009 August 23, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Nautical Spirit”, in New York Times
  2. Otherwise berrylike.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
berrylike

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  3. Old Englishberġe
  4. Middle Englishberie
  5. Englishberry
  6. Englishberryish

From berry + -ish.

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APA

berryish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berryish

MLA

“berryish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berryish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “berryish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berryish.

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