wheatishadj.

Brit.

/ˈwiːtɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)widɪʃ/

Etymology: < wheat n. + -ish suffix¹, translating Hindi gehuāṁ wheat-coloured, < gehūṁ wheat.

Indian English.

Of the complexion, etc.: that is (or is held to be) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown, pale-skinned.Characteristically found in Indian newspaper advertisements describing prospective brides.

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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

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whiteOE

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exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

1950 Hindustan Times Weekly 4 June 2/5 (advt.) Wanted—A suitable Bisa Agarwal match for an eighteen years' old girl, have passed Matric and is preparing for the F.A. She is expert in household affairs, healthy and of wheatish colour.

1980 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. i. 11/1 [Classified advertisements in Bombay newspapers] generally first give the caste, age and education of prospective brides and then add such attributes as ‘fair’, or ‘wheatish complexion’, or skilled homemaker.

1984 H. Hirt Heat of Winter xvi. 133 Her skin was fair, the light brown ‘wheatish’ complexion.

1990 Times 1 May 7/6 Among girls with aspirations, the ability to speak English is as cherished as being ‘wheatish’, or pale-skinned, a supposed attribute that is mentioned frequently in marriage advertisements.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wheatish
释义	wheatishadj. Brit. /ˈwiːtɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)widɪʃ/ Etymology: < wheat n. + -ish suffix¹, translating Hindi gehuāṁ wheat-coloured, < gehūṁ wheat. Indian English. Of the complexion, etc.: that is (or is held to be) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown, pale-skinned.Characteristically found in Indian newspaper advertisements describing prospective brides. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 1950 Hindustan Times Weekly 4 June 2/5 (advt.) Wanted—A suitable Bisa Agarwal match for an eighteen years' old girl, have passed Matric and is preparing for the F.A. She is expert in household affairs, healthy and of wheatish colour. 1980 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. i. 11/1 [Classified advertisements in Bombay newspapers] generally first give the caste, age and education of prospective brides and then add such attributes as ‘fair’, or ‘wheatish complexion’, or skilled homemaker. 1984 H. Hirt Heat of Winter xvi. 133 Her skin was fair, the light brown ‘wheatish’ complexion. 1990 Times 1 May 7/6 Among girls with aspirations, the ability to speak English is as cherished as being ‘wheatish’, or pale-skinned, a supposed attribute that is mentioned frequently in marriage advertisements. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1950
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