mermaidish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mermaid +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

mermaidish (comparative more mermaidish, superlative most mermaidish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.
    • 2006, Tim Rundquist, Otter Tail Review, page 74:
      She was dressed in something slippery looking, mermaidish.
    • 2014, Lael Silver, Foolish Kings:
      Then something snagged her gaze and she turned her eyes to the far side of the pool. A mermaidish tail submerged as soon as she had seen it.