jailish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of prison.

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Meanings

adjectivejailish (comparative more jailish, superlative most jailish)

comparative more jailish · superlative most jailish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of prison.

    March 9 1788, Anna Seward, a letter […] the jailish gloom of Venetian blinds […]

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    751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […] a certain want of decorum, a squalor of sentiment, a sort of jailish cast, contracted in the course of confinement, which disgusted the delicacy of our hero's observation.

Origin

From jail + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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