milkish

M3I1L1K5I1S1H4
/ˈmɪlkɪʃ/

adjective

Resembling the colour or consistency of milk; milky

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivemilkish (comparative more milkish, superlative most milkish)

comparative more milkish · superlative most milkish

  1. Resembling the colour or consistency of milk; milky

    The bus, at the end of its journey, could hardly wedge into the space between the milk truck, of which the tin cans were leaking a milkish fluid, and the hearse, huge and carapaced, an inflated black bug with tissue-colored eyes.

    1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, volume 2, page 943

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmylkisch
  2. Middle Englishmylkisch
  3. Englishmilkish

Inherited from Middle English mylkisch. By surface analysis, milk + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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