Meanings
comparative more modelish · superlative most modelish
- Resembling a fashion model.
She is tan and beautiful in a modelish way and Duane is crazy about her and they travel a lot.
2014, Garrison Keillor, The Keillor Reader, →ISBN1 more example
Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks.
1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015Synonyms: modelesque, modelly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling a fashion model.
Origin
From model + -ish. Piecewise doublet of modelesque.
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modelish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modelish
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