Jailish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of prison.

    "March 9 1788, Anna Seward, a letter […] the jailish gloom of Venetian blinds […]"

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"March 9 1788, Anna Seward, a letter […] the jailish gloom of Venetian blinds […]"

Etymology

From jail + -ish.

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