dawish

See also: Dawish

English

Etymology

From daw +‎ -ish.

Adjective

dawish (comparative more dawish, superlative most dawish)

  1. (rare) Resembling a jackdaw.
    • 1862, John George Wood, The illustrated natural history: Volume 2, page 277:
      [] a piece of meat to which Mr. Jackdaw had helped himself, and which he was holding firmly down with one foot whilst he pecked away at it after the dawish fashion []
    • 1873, Walter Rew, “A Hate Strain”, in Maud Vivian: A Drama; and Poems, page 180:
      An officer! A dawish fool, forsooth,
      His class——denial of God in man; in truth
      I've scarce the time for pity,—none for ruth.
      Go marry then your Soldier!

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