birthdayish

English

Etymology

birthday +‎ -ish

Adjective

birthdayish (comparative more birthdayish, superlative most birthdayish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a birthday.
   • 1939, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Ingleside:

     What was that gleaming greenly on Mother's hand? A ring . . . Dad's present. All very well, but rings were common things . . . even Sissy Flagg had one. But a pearl necklace! “A necklace is such a nice birthdayish thing,” said Mother.

   • 2015, Nancy Buckingham, Return to Vienna:

     I unpacked the parcels at once with an eager birthdayish feeling.

Synonyms

• natalitial