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English
Etymology
From nephew + -ish.
Adjective
nephewish (comparative more nephewish, superlative most nephewish)
- Characteristic of a nephew.
1895 May 7, “The Vanishing Spinster Aunt”, in Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, Mass.: The Boston Transcript Company, page 4:In the good old days no family was complete without a spinster aunt to turn to in seasons of distress and grief, measles, whooping-cough, visiting, absence of parents, or unexpected company. More than any other woman, possibly, the spinster aunt has become New. […] As a type of auntliness she is no longer plentiful, ubiquitous and tenderly considerate of a niecely sneeze or a nephewish whimper, of a brother-in-law’s slippers or a sister-in-law’s gruel or tea.
1955, Eugene Walter, The Untidy Pilgrim, page 140:“[…] You’re sure the hell not my nephew, and—” she waggled her finger at me “—if I ever catch a nephewish look in your eye or a nephewish tone in your voice, you can start ducking your head, ’cause the nearest brick has already started toward you.”
1991, Richard Woodman, The Darkening Sea, Macdonald, →ISBN, page 347:‘Now you’re being nephewish. I think I prefer you as a quiffy gallant.’
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