son 4-The Boy and the Bank officer Word study 4. fortyish adj, at about the age of forty ish 1)somewhat, near to: reddish, greenish, yellowish, darkish 2)in the manner of: foolish, childish, boyish, womanish, snobbish 3) of a country, such as Irish, Polish, Finnish, Spanish, etc. W E BACLesson 4—The Boy and the Bank Officer W B T L E I. Word Study 4. fortyish adj. at about the age of forty -ish 1) somewhat, near to: reddish, greenish, yellowish, darkish 2) in the manner of: foolish, childish, boyish, womanish, snobbish 3) of a country, such as Irish, Polish, Finnish, Spanish, etc