Holmesish

English

Etymology

From Holmes +‎ -ish.

Adjective

Holmesish (comparative more Holmesish, superlative most Holmesish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
   • 1964, Books and Bookmen, volume 10, page 71:

     But can they have accepted Edmund Wilson's verdict that all detective fiction is only Holmesish imitation, and elected to go back to Square One?

   • 1978 June 1, John Elkington, “Fuelling the EIA flame”, in New Scientist:

     The environmental dimensions of energy production and consumption are, in fact, rarely out of the news — although one sometimes needs a Holmesish dedication to ferret out the evidence.

   • 1990, Gregory Currie, The Nature of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140:

     One reply to this is to say that we should count "Holmes might not have been a detective" as true just in case each Holmesish individual has a counterpart that is not a detective.

Synonyms

• Sherlockish, Sherlocky, Sherlock Holmesque, Sherlock Holmesish, Sherlock Holmesy

See also

• Watsonish

Anagrams

• sheloshim