plasterishadj.
/ˈplɑːst(ə)rɪʃ/, /ˈplast(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈplæst(ə)rɪʃ/ rare.
Of the nature of or resembling plaster.
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thickc888
toughc1000
cleavingc1350
gluey1382
gluish1382
gleiming1387
gummya1398
clammy1398
gleimy1398
viscosec1400
viscousc1400
emplastic?a1425
plastery?c1425
stiffc1430
clamc1440
engleimous?c1475
rawky1509
rich1535
clammish1543
limy1552
strong1560
glutinous1576
cloggy1587
emplastical1590
viscuous1603
plasterish1610
slaba1616
bound1635
viscid1635
lentous1646
spiscious1655
melleous1656
salivarious1656
glutining1658
syrupical1659
glairy1662
gummous1669
gummose1678
mellaginous1681
melligineous1684
pargety1684
sticky1688
sizy1691
dauby1697
syrupy1707
treacly?1734
glaireous1755
flabbyc1780
spissid1782
stodgy1823
waxy1835
teery1848
treacle-like1871
viscoid1877
slauming1904
gooey1906
gloopy1929
gunky1937
gungy1962
yucky1975
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 24 Fracastorius..supposeth that this Iland gat the name Albion of the said plasterish [1637 plaisterish; L. gypseo] soile.
1989 J. C. Oates in Playboy Jan. 318/2 It surely might have been Lisel—wallowing in white plasterish muck, naked, in a trough a foot or so beneath the level of the floor.
1998 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 10 June 1 c ‘Large paint flakes’ as well as ‘plasterish painted dust’ has been falling on the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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