woolish

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

wool +‎ -ish

Adjective

woolish (comparative more woolish, superlative most woolish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of wool.
    • 1998, Harris Mullen, God Bless General Early, High Water Press, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, 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, page 106:
      (If they had been in color, you would see the flash of gold and white against the green moors -- and, who knows, maybe some woolish grey?)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:woolish.

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