a. [f. VIOLET sb.1 + -ISH.] Somewhat violet in color.
1832. New Monthly Mag., XXXIV. 339. A tender red, or violetish hue, over the eastern sky, would portend a keen frost.
1860. Yale Lit. Mag., XXV. 376. Our editorial eye is attracted by a purplish, violetish (on account of its modesty) covered pamphlet, with two plump angels winging their way at the summit.
1871. Routledge’s Ev. Boy’s Ann., June, 359. A grey partaking of a violetish tone.
1906. Westm. Gaz., 24 Feb., 16/3. Its flesh is a violetish black or a blackish violet, overrun by a thin network of white veins.
