squirrelish

English

Etymology

From squirrel +‎ -ish.

Adjective

squirrelish (comparative more squirrelish, superlative most squirrelish)

1. Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
   • 1834, William Thomas Beckford, Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal

     How delighted my friend, the Effendi, must have been upon entering such a paradise, which he soon did after we arrived there, followed by his Armenian interpreter, whom I like better than the Greek, Timoni, with his prying, squirrelish look, and malicious propensities.

   • 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California

     In bountiful seasons a single Indian will gather thirty or forty bushels of them—a fine squirrelish employment.

Related terms

• squirrelly

See also

• squirrellian
• squirrelline