Dr. Watson-ish

English

Adjective

Dr. Watson-ish (comparative more Dr. Watson-ish, superlative most Dr. Watson-ish)

1. Alternative form of Dr. Watsonish.
   • 1931 August 4, “Novel Notes”, in Liverpool Post & Mercury, number 23,744, page 4, column 5:

     A British Secret Service agent, with his courageous wife and Dr. Watson-ish chum, are the outstanding figures of Mr. Neville Brand’s story, “The Winning Trick” (Lane).

   • 1972, William K. Everson, The Detective in Film, Secaucus, N.J.: The Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 102:

     Robert Montgomery as a European prince turned detective was inevitably the most gentlemanly of all sleuths; with Louis Hayward and, in a Dr. Watson-ish role, Frank Morgan.

   • 1980, Richard Buckle, Buckle at the Ballet, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 154:

     A dear friend, A. J. Jaeger of Novello’s, the music publishers, is welcomed—Desmond Doyle at his most Dr. Watson-ish.

   • 1984 June 22, Simon Saltzman, “‘Design for Living’ beguiles, but never shocks, audience”, in Daily Record, volume 84, number 364, page 17, column 3:

     Richard Wood is a pompous Dr. Watson-ish Ernest.

   • 1999 August 26, Jay Bobbin, “‘Cleopatra’: Queen of the video this week”, in The Rutherford Courier, 68th year, volume 18, Smyrna, Tenn., page 9A, column 2:

     It involves a Sherlock Holmes-like rodent who relies on a Dr. Watson-ish partner in trying to solve crimes in Victorian-era London.

   • 2013, K[evin] W[ayne] Jeter, “Foreword”, in Katherine Gleason, Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism, Race Point Publishing, →ISBN, page 7:

     Bristly tweeds and Dr. Watson-ish waistcoats slung with chains heavy enough to pull the Queen Mary to port—it all fits the steampunk aesthetic.

   • 2014 May 22, Jill Lawless, “Sherlock Holmes is focus of London museum show”, in Albany Democrat-Herald, volume 148, number 122, Albany, Ore., page B4:

     Pat Hardy, the museum’s curator of paintings, prints and drawings, noted that the solid, moustache-sporting Conan Doyle looks distinctly Dr. Watson-ish.