Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of wool.

Etymologies

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wool +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Apron second and since I don't knit or do anything woolish, if I get drawn third, do a redraw!

    Great International Stash Giveaway Penny 2009

  • When I was, long years ago, a drama and theatre studies student I dimly remember having anxiety nightmares about being locked alone in a mirrored rehearsal room with a strange man while the sound of my own voice either disappeared entirely, or pounced inwardly in a kind of cotton-woolish underwater shout.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk AL Kennedy 2009

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