a. [f. COOL a. + -ISH.] Somewhat cool.

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1759.  Goldsm., Ess., i. Wks. (Globe), 286/1. The nights began to grow a little coolish.

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1767.  Monro, in Phil. Trans., LVII. 495. This salt tastes coolish on the tongue.

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1850.  Tait’s Mag., XVII. 423/1. My zeal is getting coolish.

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a. 1864.  Hawthorne, Amer. Note-Bks., I. 8. It was a coolish day.

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