giraffish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]giraffish (comparative more giraffish, superlative most giraffish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a giraffe, especially in being unusually tall.
- 1984, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis Hyde, On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, page 127:
- So he looked kind of giraffish.
- 2002, Jeffrey Meyers, D.H. Lawrence: A Biography, page 160:
- Sitwell portrayed her giraffish stature and prominent features: “Of impressive height—a height that was over life-size for a woman, so that without looking a giantess she might yet seem an animated public monument […]