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prettyish

adj

Etymology

From pretty + -ish.

  1. inherited from *prattugaz✻ — “boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”
  2. inherited from *prattug✻
  3. inherited from prættiġ — “tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”
  4. inherited from prety
  5. suffixed as prettyish — “pretty + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat pretty.

    • [A]nd then the nervously grinning girl behind, plump, prettyish, dumb, and then the greetings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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