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sixish

sixish

1 7.2
About six o'clock or close to the number six
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪkɪʃ/
  • Informal
: alrededor de las seis
  • Come by for a drink, sixish—that would do.

Examples

  • Let's meet for dinner at sixish to avoid the traffic.

  • The movie starts at sixish, so we should leave soon.

  • I should be home sixish, just in time for dinner.

Surface Forms

sixish positive

Morphology

sixish = six (transparent) = six + ish

The suffix '-ish' is commonly used to indicate approximation, making the meaning clear as 'around six'.

Etymology

Sixish is just the number six plus the little ending -ish, which means 'about' or 'a little like' and is the same ending you see in greenish. So sixish simply means 'around six', for example about six o'clock.