Deerish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a deer; somewhat deerlike

    "Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] ""

Example

More examples

"Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] ""

Etymology

From deer + -ish. Compare Dutch diers, German tierisch, Swedish djurisk, Norwegian dyrisk.

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