pelicanish

English

Etymology

pelican +‎ -ish

Adjective

pelicanish (comparative more pelicanish, superlative most pelicanish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a pelican.
   • 1954, Max Eastman, Poems of five decades, page 136:

     And with a grace that's also pelicanish / Hand them your bill.

   • 1970, Robert McAlmon, Kay Boyle, Being geniuses together, 1920-1930, Michael Joseph, page 77:

     We were seated over a bottle of moselle when Tommy Earp entered and stood, rather pelicanish, looking dumbfounded with shyness as only Tommy can look.

   • 1986, Thomas Williams, The Moon Pinnace, Doubleday Books, →ISBN, page 216:

     There was something pelicanish about his head and the foreign object of his larynx.