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sheerish

adj

Etymology

From sheer + -ish.

  1. derived from *(s)ḱeh₁y-✻ — “luster, gloss, shadow”
  2. inherited from *skīriz✻ — “pure, sheer”
  3. derived from skírr — “pure, bright, clear”
  4. inherited from skyr
  5. inherited from sċīr — “clear, bright; brilliant, gleaming, shining, splendid, resplendent; pure”
  6. inherited from schyre
  7. inherited from *skairiz✻
  8. inherited from sċǣre — “pure, sheer; shining, clear”
  9. inherited from shere
  10. suffixed as sheerish — “sheer + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat sheer.

    • a sheerish fabric

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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