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Definition of Newish
1. a. Somewhat new; nearly new.
Definition of Newish
1. Adjective. (informal) Somewhat new ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Newish
1. somewhat new [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newish
Literary usage of Newish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Analysis of English Words: Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools and by Charles Walton Sanders, James Napoleon McElligott (1866)
"Thus, JKH in newish, and ESQUE, in picturesque, are doubtless, through different
channels, from the same original; while it is no less certain, that ISH, ..."
2. Sanders' Analysis of English Words: Designed for the Higher Classes in by Charles Walton Sanders (1859)
"Thus, ISH in newish, and ESQUE, in picturesque, are doubtless, through different
channels, from the same original; while it is no less certain, that ISH, ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"... it drinketh not newish at all. It is an excellent drink for a consumption, to
be drunk either alone or carded with some other beer. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... but pass through the portal, and one faces a stately, newish, comfortable
mansion; green lawns and shrubs hide old foundations of church and cloisters; ..."
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