Holyish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat holy.

    "Perhaps he was the man who played 'O'Donnell Abu' on the harp before the programmes proper started, just to give everyone a minute to get ready and get us in the proper holyish mood […]"

Example

More examples

"Perhaps he was the man who played 'O'Donnell Abu' on the harp before the programmes proper started, just to give everyone a minute to get ready and get us in the proper holyish mood […]"

Etymology

From holy + -ish.

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