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Webster 1913 Edition


Sickish

Sick′ish

,
Adj.
1.
Somewhat sick or diseased.
2.
Somewhat sickening;
as, a
sickish
taste
.
Sick′ish-ly
,
adv.
Sick′ish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sickish

SICK'ISH

,
Adj.
[from sick]
1.
Somewhat sick or diseased.
2.
Exciting disgust; nauseating; as a sickish taste.

Definition 2024


sickish

sickish

English

Adjective

sickish (comparative more sickish, superlative most sickish)

  1. Somewhat sick, but not seriously so.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church Yard, ch. 38,
      When an unexpected bankruptcy was announced by Cluffe or Toole in the club-room, it made his ear ring like a slap, and he felt sickish for half an hour after.

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