dawish
See also: Dawish
English
Etymology
Adjective
dawish (comparative more dawish, superlative most dawish)
- (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!
References
- “dawish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.