a. [f. prec. + -ISH1.] Inclined or tending to teetotalism.
1838. W. B. Forster, in T. W. Reid, Life (1888), I. iii. 96. I was teetotalish for my stomach’s sake, before I left Norwich.
1847. B. Barton, Select. (1849), 32. He had at times, in his altitudes, been known to vociferate at the top of his voice, a song of which the chorus was certainly not teetotalish—
| ‘Sing old Rose and burn the bellows, | |
| Drink and drive dull care away.’ |
1898. Cora Maynard, Letter & Spirit, x. 121. I haven’t any ridiculous, teetotalish ideas.
