vowelish

English

Etymology

From vowel +‎ -ish.

Adjective

vowelish (comparative more vowelish, superlative most vowelish)

1. Of the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.
   • 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar:

     r Is a letter half vowelish; which, though the Italians (especially the Florentines) abhor, we keep entire with the Latins, and so pronounce

References

• “vowelish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.