oysterishadj.
/ˈɔɪst(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɔɪst(ə)rɪʃ/ Of the nature of or resembling an oyster; relating to oysters.
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1848 G. Lippard Bel of Prairie Eden xiv. 72 Behold the magazine critic of Philadelphia; a jaunty thing, delicate in perfume, with oysterish eyes.
1924 Sir W. S. Marris tr. Catullus in E. Wind Bellini's Feast of Gods (1948) p. viii In all the towns that are By Hellespont, that shore of shores Most oysterish.
1989 Economist 16 Sept. 100/3 It is as if the oysterish yeast cells have been goaded into producing tiny pearls of cadmium sulphide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1848- to fall foul with
- to fall from
- to fall from glory
- to fall from glory etc
- to fall from glory favour
- to fall from glory prosperity
- to fall from grace
- to fall have a misfortune
- to fall heir
- to fall in
- to fall in a person's etc
- to fall in a person's path
- to fall in a person's road
- to fall in a rage
- to fall in a sound
- to fall in age
- to fall in bits
- to fall in dust
- to fall in etc
- to fall in flesh
- to fall in for
- to fall in hand
- to fall in hand to do (something)
- to fall in hand with )
- to fall in hands