Meanings
comparative more vowelish · superlative most vowelish
- Of the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.
r Is a letter half vowelish; which, though the Italians (especially the Florentines) abhor, we keep entire with the Latins, and so pronounce
1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar
Origin
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vowelish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vowelish
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