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antish

adj

Etymology

From ant + -ish.

  1. inherited from *meh₂y-✻ — “to cut”
  2. inherited from *ē-✻ — “off, away”
  3. inherited from *āmaitijā✻
  4. inherited from æmete — “ant”
  5. inherited from ampte
  6. suffixed as antish — “ant + ish”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to ants.

    • Le Shechin prescribes the scales as a remedy against all sorts of antish swellings, because they are used to entrap ants […]
    • It seems to me a cold, antish trick. But the fire that is ... I will use it against the ants, while they swarm over everything.

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