kitish

K5I1T1I1S1H4

adjective

Resembling or pertaining to a kite (the bird of prey).

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Meanings

adjectivekitish (comparative more kitish, superlative most kitish)

comparative more kitish · superlative most kitish

  1. Resembling or pertaining to a kite (the bird of prey).

    Even then, Wingfield endeavoured to retain the hawk by the substitution of another — young Kate, as he called her, a wild, raking bird as ever flew, whose kitish propensities had, some time before, led him to give her up as irreclaimable.

    1836, Grantley Berkeley, Berkeley Castle: An Historical Romance, volume 1, page 174

Origin

From kite + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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