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 thick soup.
  • adjective obsolete Suiting a stew, or brothel.

Etymologies

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stew +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • 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

  • I was thinking of some stewish thing for dinner today, and if I can find lamb shanks at the market, this might be it.

    What I cooked last night. 2007

  • Porcini mushrooms gave a stewish flavor to the escargot.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

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