"bladish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bladish [comparative], most bladish [superlative]
Etymology: From blade + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blade|ish}} blade + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} bladish (comparative more bladish, superlative most bladish)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a blade (sharp edge of a knife or similar).
    Sense id: en-bladish-en-adj-qr4Y3fFU
  2. (archaic) Resembling or characteristic of a blade (dashing young man). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-bladish-en-adj-dnwsPB4D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
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