a. [f. SUMMER sb.1 + -ISH1.] Somewhat summer-like.
1726. Leoni, Alberti’s Archit., I. 15/1. In Places subject to much Snow, the Coverings shou’d have a very steep Slope…; but in more Summerish Climates (to use such an Expression) they laid their Coverings less oblique.
1754. H. Walpole, Lett. to J. Chute, 30 April. To-day looks summerish, but we have no rain yet.
1847. Jeffrey, Lett. to Mrs. A. Rutherfurd, 21 June. Our weather has been summerish of late, but never quite summer.
1856. Hawthorne, Eng. Note-Bks. (1870), II. 80. In wide-awake hats and loose, blouse-like, summerish garments.
