femalish

English

Etymology

female +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪlɪʃ

Adjective

femalish (not comparable)

1. Somewhat female or feminine.
   • 1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Sea”, in Sea and Sardinia, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 96:

     And the fattish, handsome professor has come up carrying the little girl-child, while the femalish elder brother leads the rabbit-fluffy small boy by the hand. So en famille: so terribly en famille.

Anagrams

• fish meal, fishmeal