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standardish

adj

Etymology

From standard + -ish. Etymology tree Old French estandartder. English standard Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English standardish

  1. inherited from standar
  2. derived from *oʀd✻ — “point, spot, place”
  3. derived from *standahard✻
  4. derived from estandart — “gathering place, battle flag”
  5. inherited from standard
  6. suffixed as standardish — “standard + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat or nearly standard

    Somewhat or nearly standard; approximating the norm; more or less regular.

    • Cabernet Sauvignon The Private Reserve is a true showpiece wine, but the regular bottling has been rather standardish to date, with a couple of exuberant exceptions.
    • Likewise, the basilectal phrase to make dirty (= 'to litter') is realigned as to make dirt, which is syntactically standardish without being a standard English idiom.
    • She unbuttoned her sweater and pulled it off, revealing her standardish white bra.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for standardish. 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