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girlish

adj
/ˈɡɜː.lɪʃ/UK/ˈɡɝ.lɪʃ/US

Etymology

From girl + -ish.

  1. inherited from *gurilā✻
  2. inherited from *gyrele✻
  3. inherited from gerle
  4. suffixed as girlish — “girl + ish”

Definitions

  1. Like (that of) a girl

    Like (that of) a girl; feminine.

    • She saw her own face, glowing with girlish beauty, and illuminating all the interior of the dusky mirror in which she had been wont to gaze at it.
    • Three little maids from school are we, / Pert as a school-girl well can be, / Filled to the brim with girlish glee, / Three little maids from school!
    • April, April, / Laugh thy girlish laughter; / Then, the moment after, / Weep thy girlish tears!

  2. Of or relating to girlhood.

The neighborhood

Derived

girlishly, girlishness, little-girlish, ungirlish

Vish — recursive loop

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