beakish

adj
/ˈbiːkɪʃ/UK

Etymology

From beak + -ish.

  1. derived from *bak-
  2. derived from *bekkos
  3. derived from *bekkos
  4. derived from beccus
  5. derived from bec
  6. derived from bec
  7. inherited from bec
  8. suffixed as beakish — “beak + ish

Definitions

  1. Resembling a beak.

    • a beakish nose
    • Apart from a slightly beakish nose he was decidedly handsome.
    • But his friendly, short-sighted eyes and beakish nose were traditional enough, and his hair was sparse, as befitted a man of nearly seventy.

The neighborhood

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