Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or befitting the stews.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Suiting a stew, or brothel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
stew or thicksoup . - adjective obsolete Suiting a stew, or
brothel .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
stew + -ish
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Examples
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Works as a sauce over the sliced lamb and potatoes or as a stewish thing or as a soupish thing.
From Twitter 11-19-2009 e_moon60 2009
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I was thinking of some stewish thing for dinner today, and if I can find lamb shanks at the market, this might be it.
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Porcini mushrooms gave a stewish flavor to the escargot.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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