English Explanatory Dictionary

clammish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. secretive; uncommunicative

Word forms

clammish more clammish most clammish

Etymology

From clam + -ish, from the idea of a clam keeping its shell tightly closed.

Derived words

clammishness
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