Marrowish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Similar to bone marrow.
"In the upper region serving the animal faculties, the chief organ is the brain, which is a soft, marrowish, and white substance, ingendred of the purest part of seed and spirits, included by many skins, and seated within the skull or brain-pan; […]"
Example
More examples"In the upper region serving the animal faculties, the chief organ is the brain, which is a soft, marrowish, and white substance, ingendred of the purest part of seed and spirits, included by many skins, and seated within the skull or brain-pan; […]"
Etymology
From marrow + -ish.
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