dankish
adjEtymology From dank + -ish.
1
Somewhat dank.
- The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- dankishness