hoofish

adj

Etymology

From hoof + -ish.

  1. inherited from *ḱoph₂ós
  2. inherited from *hōfaz
  3. inherited from hōf
  4. inherited from hof,houf,houve,hove
  5. suffixed as hoofish — “hoof + ish

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hoof.

    • This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.
    • This spreading warmth, so freely shed, / Is token that ye are not dead, / Nor tranced beneath the hard, brute heel / Whose hoofish tread yet leaves you leal / To all the thoughts that gather round […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hoofish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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