otherish

English

Etymology

From other +‎ -ish. Cognate with Dutch anders (“different”).

Adjective

otherish (comparative more otherish, superlative most otherish)

1. Pertaining or belonging to another kind; different.
   • 2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six legs better: a cultural history of myrmecology:

     This likens the insect to another otherish human―not impossibly cruel this time, but impossibly brilliant.

2. Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless.
   • 1884, James Hinton, The law-breaker and the coming of the law:

     About the word "altruistic" and the suggestion of "otherish," the real meaning of the difficulty about a word for "regard to others," is that we do not want it.