skyish

English

Etymology

From Middle English skyyssh, equivalent to sky +‎ -ish.

Adjective

skyish (comparative more skyish, superlative most skyish)

1. Like the sky
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     the skyish head Of blue Olympus

2. lofty; ethereal.

References

• “skyish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.