antish

English

Etymology

From ant +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æntɪʃ

Adjective

antish (comparative more antish, superlative most antish)

1. Of or relating to ants.
   • 1839, The Chinese Repository, volume 7, page 49:

     Le Shechin prescribes the scales as a remedy against all sorts of antish swellings, because they are used to entrap ants […]

   • 2010, Steve Ringwood, Astronomers Anonymous:

     Ensure no queen ants enter your 'scope's mounting alive by introducing an arachnid defense force. One adult spider per square ... the following night. Most startling was my discovery that the antish queen had seen fit to use the entombed 240 v junction box as a nursery! Its casing was packed solid with a yellow-white froth of ant eggs and larvae.

   • 2013, D.H. Lawrence, Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated):

     It seems to me a cold, antish trick. But the fire that is ... I will use it against the ants, while they swarm over everything.

   • 2015, Valentine McKay-Riddell, The River Goddess and Other Stories: - Page 87:

     “Oh, I don't know. Like—like something antish.” “What's antish?” Heart asked, intrigued. “Something only ants like,” Alyssa explained, thinking of the muffin. “It's a pretty exact map for just antish things,” Owl said briskly.

Translations

antly — see antly

Anagrams

• Snaith, haints