adj
turtleish
Turtleish (adj) means Like a turtle in some way.
adj
1
Like a turtle in some way.
"Servings are a good size and the food tastes about as close to homecooked as you'll find in C.H. Service is turtleish and there's often a crowd, but it’s worth the wait."
— The Franklin Street Gourmet, Chapel Hill (1975)
"Advanced burlesque, even, wouldn't have him for a house manager; why should the very real business of photodrama tolerate his turtleish inefficiency?"
— , “CLOSE-UPS (1915)
"I gave her a shy glance and suddenly realized that her hooked nose was less birdlike than it was turtleish. Her eyes had a reptilian coldness about them as well."
— Michelle Dalton, Sixteenth Summer (2011)
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Etymology
Formed from turtle and -ish. A piecewise doublet of turtlesque.
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What is the meaning of turtleish?
"turtleish" (adj) means like a turtle in some way.
