ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Leekish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈliːkɪʃ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Leekish is an adjective meaning Resembling a leek, especially in colour.

Meaning

Resembling a leek, especially in colour.

Example Sentences

Occasionally a church gleams white, its spire thin on a leekish onion of dark grey; and then a small town spreads itself as the trees fall away — [...]
In describing garlic, Coghan contradicts other writers, for example Newton, who claims that it is a "grosse pothearb" that creates "naughty and corrupte iuyce," which in turn engenders a putrefying "leekish choler" in the body.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leeklike, leeky, leek-green, lemonlike, lemony, porraceous.

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