"lakish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lakish [comparative], most lakish [superlative]
Etymology: lake + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lake|ish}} lake + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} lakish (comparative more lakish, superlative most lakish)
  1. (rare) Wet; moist. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-lakish-en-adj--BS3HAz0
  2. (literature) Characteristic of the Lake poets. Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-lakish-en-adj-CbLBRKlP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 31 69 Topics: literature, media, publishing

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