winterishadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪnt(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪnt(ə)rɪʃ/

Forms: see winter n.¹ and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < winter n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier wintry adj. and winterly adj.In sense 1 after Middle French hivernal (12th cent. in Old French; French hivernal ). In quot. 1610 at sense 2 with punning allusion to the name of Somerset.

†1. Of or relating to winter. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 329/2 Wynterysshe,..yvernal.

2. Characteristic of or resembling (that of) winter; wintry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter

wintryeOE

winterOE

winterlyOE

frostyc1430

brumala1522

hiemalc1560

wintering1591

winterish1610

wintereda1616

hiematical1631

hibernal1646

wintersome1840

mid-wintry1852

mid-winterly1892

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 220 In winter it [sc. Somerset] may..be called, a winterish Region [L. regio..hiberna], so wet..it is.

1693 C. Mather Winter-medit. 27 The Winterish Winds blow our Winter about our Ears.

1727 P. Dudley Let. 13 Nov. in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 66 In the Month of October..we had a pretty deal of cold Weather; on the..26th winterish Weather, and a little Snow.

1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 18 May The snow fell on Wednesday of last week twenty miles west of this place, says the Catskill Messenger... Pretty winterish this, for the 28th of April.

1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 199/1 Gray and winterish as it [sc. a barberry bush] had been on her approach, when she looked at it from the other side it seemed to be glowing with rubies.

1946 Folk-lore 57 67 A mild January seems to have been especially feared, as likely to be followed by a winterish spring and a cold May.

1958 I. Blasingame Dakota Cowboy (1964) xv. 217 It was beginning to get pretty winterish and we knew it would not be long until we would go into winter camp.

2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 3 May Trees and brown leaves look depressingly winterish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	winterish
释义	winterishadj. Brit. /ˈwɪnt(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈwɪnt(ə)rɪʃ/ Forms: see winter n.¹ and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: winter n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < winter n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier wintry adj. and winterly adj.In sense 1 after Middle French hivernal (12th cent. in Old French; French hivernal ). In quot. 1610 at sense 2 with punning allusion to the name of Somerset. †1. Of or relating to winter. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 329/2 Wynterysshe,..yvernal. 2. Characteristic of or resembling (that of) winter; wintry. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter wintryeOE winterOE winterlyOE frostyc1430 brumala1522 hiemalc1560 wintering1591 winterish1610 wintereda1616 hiematical1631 hibernal1646 wintersome1840 mid-wintry1852 mid-winterly1892 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 220 In winter it [sc. Somerset] may..be called, a winterish Region [L. regio..hiberna], so wet..it is. 1693 C. Mather Winter-medit. 27 The Winterish Winds blow our Winter about our Ears. 1727 P. Dudley Let. 13 Nov. in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 66 In the Month of October..we had a pretty deal of cold Weather; on the..26th winterish Weather, and a little Snow. 1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 18 May The snow fell on Wednesday of last week twenty miles west of this place, says the Catskill Messenger... Pretty winterish this, for the 28th of April. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 199/1 Gray and winterish as it [sc. a barberry bush] had been on her approach, when she looked at it from the other side it seemed to be glowing with rubies. 1946 Folk-lore 57 67 A mild January seems to have been especially feared, as likely to be followed by a winterish spring and a cold May. 1958 I. Blasingame Dakota Cowboy (1964) xv. 217 It was beginning to get pretty winterish and we knew it would not be long until we would go into winter camp. 2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 3 May Trees and brown leaves look depressingly winterish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1530
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