duckish

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duckish^¹

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From duck + -ish.

adjective more duckish · most duckish

Characteristically resembling a duck; somewhat ducklike We are quite plainly conscious that the “ears” of the rabbity figure are identical with the “bill” of the duckish figure, that the slight notch on the back of the duckish figure's “head” is the “mouth” of the rabbity figure.

duckish^²

noun

Newfoundland, uncountable Dusk. […] robins, hitch sparrows, whitethroats, chickadees, all kinds of them singing their hearts out. They would keep at that until the sun came up and then slack off. And then again at duckish, if it was a civil evening, you'd hear them […]
Similar: crepusculum, dimmity, mirkning

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@misc{duckish_2026,
  title = {duckish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/duckish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}