nohowish

N1O1H4O1W4I1S1H4

adjective

Feeling out of sorts.

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Meanings

adjectivenohowish (comparative more nohowish, superlative most nohowish)

comparative more nohowish · superlative most nohowish

  1. colloquialFeeling out of sorts.

    Perhaps I worked too hard, or the Oxford climate after the Cotswold air got me down. Within a fortnight I was feeling nohowish, as Keats called it.

    1936, John Middleton Murry, The autobiography of John Middleton Murry: between two worlds

Origin

From nohow + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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