dankish

English

Etymology

From dank +‎ -ish.

Adjective

dankish (comparative more dankish, superlative most dankish)

  1. Somewhat dank.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.

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