Leekish

//ˈliːkɪʃ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a leek, especially in colour.

    "Occasionally a church gleams white, its spire thin on a leekish onion of dark grey; and then a small town spreads itself as the trees fall away — [...]"

Example

More examples

"Occasionally a church gleams white, its spire thin on a leekish onion of dark grey; and then a small town spreads itself as the trees fall away — [...]"

Etymology

From leek + -ish.

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