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squarish

American  
[skwair-ish] / ˈskwɛər ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. approximately square.


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Etymology

Origin of squarish

First recorded in 1735–45; square + -ish 1

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The squarish contours offered a thousand places for whistling and buffeting to hide.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

A giant, squarish brown head appears, cutting a wake as it heads toward shore.

From Slate May 27, 2026

That’s the case with my all-time favorite L.A. life hack, which has to do with those squarish, yellow “loading only” signs and the yellow-painted stretch of curb they accompany.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2024

Though West Seattle had been annexed only four years prior, this squarish tract became, in 1911, the city’s first public place for indoor/outdoor recreation.

From Seattle Times Jun. 1, 2023

The following spring, on April 27, 1928, Zoe Stephanides was born, a large, healthy girl with the squarish head of her grandmother, a powerful cry, and nothing at all the matter with her.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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