different between nightish vs tightish

English

Etymology

From Middle English nyghtyssh, equivalent to night +? -ish.

Adjective

nightish (comparative more nightish, superlative most nightish)

1. Of or pertaining to night; nocturnal.
   • c. 1565-1570, George Turberville, A Lover's Vow

     When hawks shall dread the silly fowl, / And men esteem the nightish owl —

   • 1989, Edward Taylor, Donald E. Stanford, The Poems of Edward Taylor:

     Star light's nights twinkling. Moonlight is nightish, Sun makes day: […]

   • 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle:

     Nightish folk working their sleepingcity functions in the bright squares of office windows. People untouched by day, smugly snug. You wonder at this darker world of theirs. You grow querulous and bewildered.

Related terms

• nightly

Anagrams

• thingish

English

Etymology

tight +? -ish

Adjective

tightish (comparative more tightish, superlative most tightish)

1. Somewhat tight.

   Getting six people into the car was a tightish squeeze.

   • 1833-36, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, "The Out and Out Young Gentleman", in The Oxford Illustrated Dickens, p. 596:

     For some years past the favorite costume of the out-and-out young gentleman has been a rough pilot coat, with two gilt hooks and eyes to the velvet collar; buttons somewhat larger than crown-pieces; a black or fancy neckerchief, loosely tied; a wide-brimmed hat, with a low crown; tightish inexpressibles, and iron-shod boots.