Definition of Squarish

1. Adjective. Somewhat square in appearance or form.

Similar to: Square

Definition of Squarish

1. a. Nearly square.

Definition of Squarish

1. Adjective. approximately square ¹

2. Adjective. oblong ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squarish

1. somewhat square [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squarish

squares the circle
squaresail
squaresails
squarest
squaretail
squaretails
squaretoes
squarewise
squarial
squarials
squaric
squaric acid
squaring
squaring the circle
squarings
squarish (current term)
squarishly
squarishness
squarishnesses
squark
squarks
squarrose
squarrosely
squarroso-dentate
squarrous
squarrulose
squarson
squarsons
squash
squash ball

Literary usage of Squarish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Good Words edited by Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod (1879)
"... and it was | quarters, thick neck and moderate-sized left behind at a farm-house. i squarish head, and good-natured expression The ponies were between ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1879)
"... and it was quarters, thick neck and moderate-sized left behind at a farm-house. squarish head, and good-natured expression The ponies were between ..."

3. A History of Shrewsbury by Hugh Owen (1825)
"It bears the figure of the hind, by whose milk St. Giles was supported in his desert : and the squarish figure above may have denoted, ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"9 in. by 2ft.; squarish and rounded. 74. A fine-grained quartz felspar grit; ... 6 in.; squarish and rounded. 83. Small block in lane back of church; 1ft. ..."

5. The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study (Lowell Institute Lectures) by William Zebina Ripley (1899)
"The Russians impress the English traveller as being quite squarish-faced and heavy- featured for this reason. The British Isles, as we have shown, ..."

6. The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study by William Zebina Ripley (1899)
"Xo\v, the Russians express their relative broad-headedness, as compared with the Letto-Lithuanians, in the relatively squarish form of their faces. ..."

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