neatish
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English netish, netiss, equivalent to neat (“bovine”) + -ish.
Adjective
neatish (comparative more neatish, superlative most neatish)
- Characteristic of or resembling a neat; bovine
- 1841, The New Sporting Magazine, page 100:
- We walked down and had a peep into the stables, saw a neatish hunter or two, and two mares, which appeared clippers.
- 1858, Robert Smith Surtees, John Leech, "Ask Mamma," Or, The Richest Commoner in England:
- "Neatish horse," at length observed he, half to himself, half to our friend; "neatish horse — lightish of bone below the knee, […] "
- 1868, The Farmer's Magazine, page 127:
- Alice is a neatish hack and a mover, but a little raw in her manners; […]
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