[1575–85; sick1 + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conventional, cusp, energy, magazine, shelter-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)
Examples of 'sickish' in a sentence
sickish
The voice was wheedling, half chanting, with a sickish thrill in it.