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Quakerish

adj

Etymology

From Quaker + -ish.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. suffixed as quaker — “quake + er”
  5. suffixed as quakerish — “Quaker + ish”

Definitions

  1. Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers.

    • She wore a Quakerish grey dress.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA