Songish
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Consisting of or containing songs. obsolete
"The other, which, for want of a proper English word, I must call the songish part, must abound in the softness and variety of numbers; its principal intention being to please the hearing, [...]"
- 2 Characteristic of a song; songlike rare
"I have struck off what I am sure would be objected to as not songish enough for the taste of the day. The air will now require to be sung each four lines, which I think answers as well as repeating each part."
Example
More examples"The other, which, for want of a proper English word, I must call the songish part, must abound in the softness and variety of numbers; its principal intention being to please the hearing, [...]"
Etymology
From song + -ish.
More for "songish"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.