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sonnish

adj

Etymology

From son + -ish.

  1. derived from *sewH-✻ — “to bear; give birth”
  2. inherited from *suHnús✻ — “son”
  3. inherited from *sunuz✻ — “son”
  4. inherited from *sunu✻
  5. inherited from sunu
  6. inherited from sonn
  7. suffixed as sonnish — “son + ish”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a son

    Characteristic of a son; characteristically sonlike.

    • 'For a long time, Mrs. Dowey, you cannot have been unaware of my sonnish feelings for you.' 'Wait till I get my mop to you!' 'And if you're not willing to be my mother, I swear I'll never ask another.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sonnish. 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