Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to home; resembling or suggesting home; homelike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a home or a home circle.
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- adjective Like a
home ;domestic ;cosy .
Etymologies
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home + -ish
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Examples
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"Oh, I should like that," said Erica; "a nice homish sort of book, please, where the people lived in Arcadia and never heard of law courts!"
We Two, a novel Edna Lyall 1880
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He, and his, with bottles and wallets furnished, to become wanderers as homish vagabonds; or, as banished men, to forsake the kingdom! "
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
ruzuzu commented on the word homish
What's a home circle?
March 25, 2015
alexz commented on the word homish
a quick search of 'home circle' indicates it means home and family, so it's more of a 'family circle' than a house circle.
March 25, 2015
fbharjo commented on the word homish
gather-a-round? How's that ring?
March 27, 2015