woodish

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adjective

Being like wood, pertaining to wood; woody.

First used 16th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectivewoodish (comparative more woodish, superlative most woodish)

comparative more woodish · superlative most woodish

  1. rareBeing like wood, pertaining to wood; woody.First known use 16th c.
  2. obsoleteCharacteristic of woods or woodland.First known use 16th–17th c.

    The countrey wondering at such an Hermite; His friends perswaded one Seignior Theadora Polaloga, Rider to Henry Earle of Lincolne, an excellent Horse-man, and a noble Italian Gentleman, to insinuate into his wooddish acquaintances […]

    1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 36

Origin

From wood + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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