woolishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

wool +‎ -ish

形容詞

woolish (comparative more woolish, superlative most woolish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of wool.
   • 1998, Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early, High Water Press (1998), ISBN 0964662922, page 263:

     He grabbed a woolish outfit and didn't realize until putting on the jacket that it was his Confederate uniform.

   • 2004, L. B. Richards, The Adventures of Charley Tooth, Vortex (2004), ISBN 9780843951363, page 279:

     He also wore a woolish hat that he had down almost over his eyes.

   • 2006, C. S. Lovelace, Memoirs of a Lost Island: Remembrances of a Lifetime of Nantucket Summers, ISBN 9781430303633, page 106:

     (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold かつ white against the green moors -- かつ, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)

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同意語

• woollike
• wooly, woolly