Mosquitoish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a mosquito.

    "The roar of traffic, the hum of the refrigerator, the whir of the fans on our space heater, even the mosquitoish buzz of electricity as it raced through the wires."

Example

More examples

"The roar of traffic, the hum of the refrigerator, the whir of the fans on our space heater, even the mosquitoish buzz of electricity as it raced through the wires."

Etymology

From mosquito + -ish.

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