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widish, a.|ˈwaɪdɪʃ|
[f. wide a. + -ish1.]
Somewhat wide (lit. and fig.).
In first two quots. used advb.
c1780Duch. Devonshire in Daily News 27 Oct. 6/5 His hair..flattish at top—frizzed out widish on each side. 1828Trial of W. & J. Dyon 20 The man walked widish and turned his toes out. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 931 A widish interpretation of the laws of non-intervention. 1849R. Curzon, Jr. Vis. Monast. 298 The..rock..is separated from the end of a projecting line of mountains by a widish chasm. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. x. (1872) VI. 254 Kind of Manuscript Newspaper..which seems to have had a widish circulation. |