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English
Etymology
From Billy + -ish.
Adjective
Billyish (comparative more Billyish, superlative most Billyish)
- (informal) Similar to or resembling a person named Billy.
1918, Charles Lewis Hind, The Invisible Guide, page 48:It made Carstairs more spiritual, and more efficient materially, that goes with real spirituality; it makes me more philosophical, and our Billy—it just makes him more Billyish.
1954, Virginia Sorensen, Many Heavens, page 147:He picked up his cup and made the coffee whirl around, rather absently, and then he looked up at me and said with a sudden Billyish grin, "Isn't much to drink a health with, Zina, but it'll have to do for me from here on down. […]