spiritish

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adjective

Resembling a spirit in character, quality, or appearance; spiritlike; spiritly.

OriginEnglish spirit ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit →
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Meanings

adjectivespiritish (comparative more spiritish, superlative most spiritish)

comparative more spiritish · superlative most spiritish

  1. Resembling a spirit in character, quality, or appearance; spiritlike; spiritly.

    She flitted around the omnibus in a spiritish dance of joy. “Gone where?” Grey asked, before sharing the news with the living persons on the bus. Don't know, don't care.

    2009, Gail Dayton, Heart's Blood

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Englishspiritish

From spirit + -ish.

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APA

spiritish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritish

MLA

“spiritish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiritish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritish.

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