dearish
adjEtymology From dear + -ish.
1
Somewhat dear or precious
- Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart