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Definition of Bitterish
1. Adjective. Somewhat bitter.
Definition of Bitterish
1. a. Somewhat bitter.
Definition of Bitterish
1. Adjective. Reasonably bitter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bitterish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitterish
Literary usage of Bitterish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"little bitterish to the palate; but it proved sweet when it was down. In this
place there was a record kept of the names of them that had been pilgrims of ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The dried plant, which is generally procured from Turkey and Arabia, has an
agreeable smell, and ft warm, bitterish taste. It waa formerly u-fii as a ..."
3. Pharmacopœa Germanica by Charles L. Lochman, Germany Reichsamt des Innern, Pharmacopoea Germanica (1884)
"an astringent, bitterish taste, with a sweetish aftertaste. When boiled with 10
parts of alcohol, it yields a clear, dark brown solution, ..."
4. The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells & Neighbourhood by Richard Deakin (1871)
"The roots of this plant have a hot, pungent, bitterish taste, and have been
thought useful as a stimulating stomachic and gargle for affections of the ..."
5. A Medical formulary based on the United States and British pharmacopoeias by Laurence Johnson (1881)
"It is in minute white crystals, haying a slight odor of benzoic acid, a bitterish,
saline taste, soluble in water and alcohol . Its medicinal effects are ..."
6. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"088, bitterish; congeals below 0° C. (32° F.) ; solution in sulphuric acid brown-red
... 0 852, bitterish ; dextrogyre ; boiling-point about 175° 0. ..."
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