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cleanish

adj

Etymology

From clean + -ish.

  1. derived from *gel-✻ — “to gleam”
  2. derived from *glēy-✻ — “gleaming”
  3. inherited from *klainī✻ — “shining, fine, splendid, tender”
  4. inherited from clǣne — “clean, pure”
  5. inherited from clene
  6. suffixed as cleanish — “clean + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat clean (all senses).

    • On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it.

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