Kerosenish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    like kerosene in its taste, look, smell, or taste

    "The floor foreman was instructed to inspect the oil when it was drained out and, if it had good body and fairly good color, to have it put back again, but if it was kerosenish and was black […]"

Example

More examples

"The floor foreman was instructed to inspect the oil when it was drained out and, if it had good body and fairly good color, to have it put back again, but if it was kerosenish and was black […]"

Etymology

From kerosene + -ish.

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