storybookish

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adjective

Reminiscent of a storybook.

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Meanings

adjectivestorybookish (comparative more storybookish, superlative most storybookish)

comparative more storybookish · superlative most storybookish

  1. Reminiscent of a storybook.

    The illustrations, by Michael Foreman, are a little pallid and storybookish, with at least one — a depiction of Grendel’s mother as a grass-skirted fashion disaster with scaly green breasts — that is apt to elicit snickers rather than shudders.

    2007 June 17, Charles Mcgrath, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times

Origin

From storybook + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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