nohowishadj.
/ˈnəʊhaʊɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌhaʊwɪʃ/ colloquial.
Out of sorts, off colour; (also) having no distinctive character.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > feeling ill
squeamish1670
howish1694
sick as a horse1705
nohowish1816
all-overish1820
washed out1850
all-over1861
wisht1868
crappy1956
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts
out of estatec1400
disordainedc1430
out of order1530
mistempered?1541
untemperate1541
so-soa1592
indisposed1598
discomposed1603
out of sorts1621
disorderly1655
queerish1684
out of one's gears1699
disordered1708
uneasy1725
seedy1729
queer1749
scaly1803
quisby1807
under the weather1827
all nohow1852
toneless1854
nohowish1867
chippy1868
fishy1868
off-colour1876
dicky1883
on-and-offish1888
cheap1891
crook1916
lousy1933
1816 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. 25 Oct. (1982) IX. 251 I should probably..feel a little no-howish to boot.
1819 C. Lamb Let. 20 July (1935) II. 255 I feel myself in a lackadaisacal no-how-ish kind of a humour.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 499 No-Howish, qualmy; feeling an approaching ailment without being able to describe the symptoms.
a1897 W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 482 Evolution is a change from a nohowish untalkaboutable all-alikeness to a somehowish..not-all-alikeness.
1935 J. M. Murry Between Two Worlds viii. 110 Within a fortnight I was feeling nohowish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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