willowish

English

Etymology

willow +‎ -ish

Adjective

willowish (comparative more willowish, superlative most willowish)

Resembling a willow; willowy.
- 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
  First for a May-fly : you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color

References

“willowish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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