Definition of Hennish

1. resembling a hen [adj] - See also: hen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hennish

hennaed
hennaing
hennas
henned
henner
henneries
henners
hennery
hennier
hennies
henniest
hennin
henning
hennins
hennish (current term)
hennishly
hennomartinite
hennotannic
hennotannic acid
hennoxazole
hennoxazoles
henny
henoch-schoenlein syndrome
henogenesis
henological
henology
henotheism
henotheisms
henotheist

Literary usage of Hennish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bibliomania: Or Book-madness; a Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall ( Dibdin (1876)
"And, had he not been by his confederate, as with a dunghill cock, trodden as it were and gotten with ogg, I doubt whether over his hennish heart, ..."

2. Bibliomania by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1876)
"And, had he not been by his confederate, as with a dunghill cock, trodden as it were and gotten with egg, I doubt whether ever his hennish heart, ..."

3. Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1811)
"... as for his deep and subtle art in hiding his serpentine eggs from common men's sight: and chiefly for his hennish heart and courage, which twice already ..."

4. Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1811)
"... for his hennish heart and courage, which twice already hath been well proved to be as base and deject at the sight of any storm of adverse fortune, ..."

5. Bibliomania: Or Book-madness ; a Bibliographical Romance ; Illustrated with Cuts by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1842)
"And, had he not been by his confederate, as with a dunghill cock, trodden as it were and gotten with egg, I doubt whether ever his hennish heart, ..."

6. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"Her voice is extensive, but wanting cultivation, and decidedly pea-hennish; besides that, she is apt to go out of tune. Her style of dress was excessively ..."

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