a. [f. KITE sb. + -ISH1.] Resembling or of the nature of a kite; greedy.

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1566.  W. Adlington, Golden Asse (1893), 131. I could not escape the kitish eyes of the old woman.

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1567.  Turbervile, Aunsw. Wom. to hir Louer, Epitaphs, etc. 32. All your maners more agree vnto the Kytish kinde.

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1608.  T. Morton, Preamb. Encounter, Pref. 3. Is not your Defence … a Kitish Doue?

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