Meanings
adjectivedullish (comparative more dullish, superlative most dullish)
comparative more dullish · superlative most dullish
- Somewhat dull; dull to a degree.
Harry said "No.” Voted her dullish, and “cold like all blond women, with a touch, perhaps, of anæmia of the brain.”
1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 121
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Origin
- Middle Englishdullissh
- Englishdullish
From Middle English dullissh, equivalent to dull + -ish.
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dullish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dullish
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