Meanings
adjectivemarrowish (comparative more marrowish, superlative most marrowish)
comparative more marrowish · superlative most marrowish
- Similar to bone marrow.
In the upper region serving the animal faculties, the chief organ is the brain, which is a soft, marrowish, and white substance, ingendred of the purest part of seed and spirits, included by many skins, and seated within the skull or brain-pan; […]
1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
Origin
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