dearish

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adjective

Somewhat dear or precious

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Meanings

adjectivedearish (comparative more dearish, superlative most dearish)

comparative more dearish · superlative most dearish

  1. Somewhat dear or precious

    Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.

    1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart

Origin

From dear + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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