Maineish

English

Etymology

Maine +‎ -ish

Adjective

Maineish (comparative more Maineish, superlative most Maineish)

1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of the U.S. state of Maine or its people.
   • 1985, Randall Jarrell, Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection, Boston: Houghton Mifflin:

     I hope that fire from heaven consumes your Maineish haven, and you have to come back to New York, that awful place.

Synonyms

• Mainelike