skyish

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adjective

Like the sky

OriginMiddle English skyyssh →
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Meanings

adjectiveskyish (comparative more skyish, superlative most skyish)

comparative more skyish · superlative most skyish

  1. Like the sky

    the skyish head Of blue Olympus

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]
  2. lofty; ethereal.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishskyyssh
  2. Englishskyish

From Middle English skyyssh, equivalent to sky + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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