Meanings
comparative more dressish · superlative most dressish
- raredressy; fond of wearing fashionable clothing
Irish ladies have feet very pretty, / English ladies have their's ^([sic]) very small; / French ladies' are dressish and natty, / Chinese ladies have no feet at all.
1867, Joseph Edwards Carpenter, The Entertainers' Song Book, page 801 more example
This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper, And, though our Dick was a good looked lad, She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper, And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]
1829, Melodist, and Mirthful Olio
Origin
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dressish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressish
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