buffish

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English

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Etymology

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From buff-ish.

Adjective

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buffish (comparative more buffish, superlative most buffish)

  1. Of a colour somewhat resembling buff.
    • 1891, Charles Dixon, The Birds of Our Rambles: With a Companion for the Country, page 130:
      These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is more olive on the upper parts, the feathers having no dark centres, the underparts are more inclined to buff, and the eyestripe is nearly obsolete.