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saddish

adj

Etymology

From sad + -ish.

  1. derived from *seh₂-✻ — “to satiate, satisfy”
  2. inherited from *sadaz✻ — “sated, satisfied”
  3. inherited from *sad✻
  4. inherited from sæd — “satisfied, full, sated, unable to handle more, weary”
  5. inherited from sad
  6. suffixed as saddish — “sad + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat sad.

    • At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
    • […] for these when not actively employed were sometimes […] apt to fall into a saddish mood which in some partook of sullenness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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