skyish

adj — 2 senses

skyish

adj

Etymology From Middle English skyyssh, equivalent to sky + -ish.

1

Like the sky

the skyish head Of blue Olympusc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

2

lofty; ethereal.

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