tartarish, a.1 rare.
(ˈtɑːtərɪʃ)
[f. tartar n.1 + -ish1.]
a. Of wine: Inclined to deposit tartar. b. Of the eyes: Inclined to form concretions (cf. tartarous 2).
| 1757 A. Cooper Distiller ii. ii. (1760) 118 Without the peculiar Taste and Flavour of the Plant, but generally somewhat tartarish and limpid. 1807 Southey Lett. (1856) II. 4 My son is rather ailing just now..His eyes are as Tartarish as his sister's. |