squirrelish

== English == === Etymology === From squirrel + -ish. === Adjective === squirrelish (comparative more squirrelish, superlative most squirrelish) Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels. 1834, William Thomas Beckford, Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal How delighted my friend, the Effendi, must have been upon entering such a paradise, which he soon did after we arrived there, followed by his Armenian interpreter, whom I like better than the Greek, Timoni, with his prying, squirrelish look, and malicious propensities. 1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California In bountiful seasons a single Indian will gather thirty or forty bushels of them—a fine squirrelish employment. ==== Related terms ==== squirrelly === See also === squirrellian squirrelline