invalidish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From invalid +‎ -ish.

Adjective[edit]

invalidish (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of an invalid.
    • 1806, John Jebb, letter dated 4 October, 1806, in Charles Foster (ed.), The Life of John Jebb [] with a Selection from his Letters, London: James Duncan, 1837, 2nd edition, p. 415,[1]
      I had it in my power to accommodate an invalidish lady with a seat in my carriage, for the last two stages of the journey, there being a great run on the road.
    • 1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes[2], London: Chatto & Windus, published 1964, Part 1, p. 16:
      Mrs. Willowes made a poor recovery after Laura’s birth; as time went on, she became more and more invalidish, though always pleasantly so.
    • 2015, Bee Wilson, “Throw it out the window”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 14:
      After the stroke, Constance once again sat in an invalidish room that smelled of flannel sheets and dog.