All-overish
adj, slang
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise. colloquial, dated
"[H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole."
Example
More examples"[H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole."
Etymology
From all over + -ish.
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