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English
Etymology
From willow + -ish.
Adjective
willowish (comparative more willowish, superlative most willowish)
- Resembling a willow; willowy.
1653, Iz Wa, The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, , London: T. Maxey for Rich Marriot, , →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:First for a May-fly : you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color
References
“willowish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.