numberish

English

Etymology

From number +‎ -ish.

Adjective

numberish (comparative more numberish, superlative most numberish)

1. Characteristic of a number; numberlike.
   • 2012, Cecilia Grant, A Gentleman Undone - Page 88:

     “So your memory tells you where each card is, and a numberish brain gives you the proper stacking order. But how do you then put them in that order? You didn't look away from my face even once.”

   • 2014, David Alastair Hayden, Pepper Thorn, The Warlock's Gambit:

     “Well, what did you expect?” “Have you noticed,” commented Morgan, “that all the male Paladins are named Arthur?” He nodded. “And looks like you were right about the middle names. Primus, Tertius, Octavius — those all sound numberish.

Related terms

• numbersome
• numbery