threadish

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English

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Etymology

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From thread +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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threadish (comparative more threadish, superlative most threadish)

  1. Threadlike or thready.
    • 1898, The Medical Counselor - Volume 17, page 126:
      Pulse is fast, and full, and threadish; Skin is hot, and dry, and reddish;
    • 1996, Beryl Gilroy, Gather the Faces, page 47:
      Meat is not popular with me — too threadish, especially beef.
    • 2000, Terry Schiffman, Adam and Even, page 130:
      He tied the splint into place with cord he'd made from long, threadish needle-grass awns.