单词 | authorish |
释义 | authorishadj. Reminiscent or characteristic of an author; authorly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] authorical1731 authorial1757 authorly1784 authorish1817 auctorial1821 writerly1957 1817 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 730 The Gespenster Buch..seems terrible Trash, neither volksmässig nor dichterish; but authorish, the worst of all possible ‘ishes’. 1829 C. Lamb Let. in Final Mem. (1848) II. ii. 51 Yet hath it an authorish twang with it. 1944 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 18 Feb. 8/1 Joseph Anthony..is one author who looks authorish. 1968 Punch 31 July 156/1 I sat at the desk nervously puffing an authorish pipe and fiddling with the stationery. 2009 D. Bain Madison Avenue Shoot ix. 95 ‘This one looks more authorish,’ the wardrobe lady told me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1817 |
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