flattish

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/ˈflætɪʃ/

adjective

Somewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the word.

OriginEnglish flat ← Middle English flat ← Old Norse flatr →
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Meanings

adjectiveflattish (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSomewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the word.

    The cobby cat is a solidly built animal with short, thick legs, broad shoulders and rump, and a short, rounded head with a flattish face.

    2011, David Taylor, The Complete Contented Cat: Your Ultimate Guide to Feline Fulfilment
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    The hills in that part of Spain are of a queer formation, horseshoe-shaped with flattish tops and very steep sides running down into immense ravines.

    1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter II, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*flataz
  2. Old Norseflatr
  3. Middle Englishflat
  4. Englishflat
  5. Englishflattish

From flat + -ish.

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APA

flattish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flattish

MLA

“flattish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flattish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flattish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flattish.

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