All 6 Uses of
relish
in
Wuthering Heights
- I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then: besides, she hurt me extremely; so I started up from my knees, and screamed out, 'Oh, Miss, that's a nasty trick!†
p. 50.3 *relished = enthusiastically enjoyed
- Mr. Heathcliff having overheard the conversation, as well as I, smiled when he saw him go; but immediately afterwards cast a look of singular aversion on the flippant pair, who remained chattering in the door-way: the boy finding animation enough while discussing Hareton's faults and deficiencies, and relating anecdotes of his goings on; and the girl relishing his pert and spiteful sayings, without considering the ill-nature they evinced.†
p. 161.0relishing = enthusiastic about
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- 'No, you forget, Mrs. Linton,' I suggested, 'that you have eaten some food with a relish this evening, and to-morrow you will perceive its good effects.'†
p. 88.3relish = a condiment that is put on food--such as a sweet, green pickle relish sometimes put on hot dogs
- I did not relish the notion of deliberately fastening myself in with Heathcliff.†
p. 102.1
- Hareton, during the discussion, stood with his hands in his pockets, too awkward to speak; though he looked as if he did not relish my intrusion.†
p. 141.3 *
- I believe the master would relish Earnshaw's thrashing him to a mummy, if he were not his son; and I'm certain he would be fit to turn him out of doors, if he knew half the nursing he gives hisseln.†
p. 153.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(relish as in: relished the experience) enthusiastic enjoyment
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, relish can refer to a condiment put on food--such as sweet, green pickle relish sometimes put on hotdogs.