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▪ I. tartish, a.1|ˈtɑːtɪʃ|
[f. tart a. + -ish1.]
Somewhat tart, slightly pungent or acid; also fig.
1712E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 338 Another Sort like a Curan..eats tartish. 1747Gentl. Mag. Oct. 488/2 Let spirit of vitriol be mixed therewith..in such quantity as to give the tartish taste. 1828J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 511 The Monthly [Magazine] so smartish—the Westminster, so tartish. 1890Stanley Darkest Afr. I. ix. 212 The tartish, crimson, and oblong fruit of the amoma.
Hence ˈtartishly adv., somewhat tartly.
1823J. Wilson Trials Marg. Lyndsay xxxii, Snuffy-nosed maiden aunts..sourishly and tartishly disposed.
▪ II. tartish, a.2 colloq.
[f. tart n. 2 b + -ish.]
= tarty a. (and n.)
1929C. Connolly Let. Nov. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 327 We both felt that you thought she was tartish. 1944E. Bowen in Penguin New Writing XX. 62 Collie was wearing that tartish house-coat. 1956E. Grierson Second Man xiv. 249 A brocade house-coat and mules of a pink, tartish shade. 1972Daily Tel. 4 Oct. 13/2 His mother is snappish, tartish and neglectful. |
