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oldish

[ ohl-dish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of oldish¹

First recorded in 1660–70; old + -ish ¹

AE thing is one thing, the word's oldish and Scottish; AG means agriculture, the word's academic and oddish.

An oldish man with glasses—the auctioneer—was seated on a box making figures in a notebook.

His complexion was of that weather-beaten red hue which is often seen in oldish men who have been much out in all weathers.

You might meet oldish men in the Transvaal who were not, according to their masters' reckoning, twenty-one years of age.

They were oldish men perhaps 50 years old, one a Mr. Fish of Indiana and another named Gould.

No girl of any species can compare with an oldish American hired girl.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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