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backwaterish

adj

Etymology

From backwater + -ish.

  1. inherited from *wódr̥✻ — “water”
  2. inherited from *watōr✻ — “water”
  3. inherited from *watar✻
  4. inherited from wæter — “water”
  5. inherited from water
  6. compounded as backwater — “back + water”
  7. suffixed as backwaterish — “backwater + ish”

Definitions

  1. Like a backwater

    Like a backwater; remote.

    • […]this politically benign and economically backwaterish space[…]

The neighborhood

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