pearlish

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adjective

Like a pearl; pearly.

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Meanings

adjectivepearlish (comparative more pearlish, superlative most pearlish)

comparative more pearlish · superlative most pearlish

  1. Like a pearl; pearly.

    In the pearlish half-light he made an apologetic smile and scrutinized the violin from the top and then both sides.

    2024, Scott Alexander Howard, The Other Valley, Atlantic Books (2025), page 125

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pearly

Origin

From pearl + -ish. Piecewise doublet of pearlesque.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

earlship
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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