Sievish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪvɪʃ/

Origin

Formed as sieve + -ish. Compare memory like a sieve.

Full definition of sievish

Adjective

1. (figuratively, of memory, rare) Like a sieve: unretentive.
• 1982, Ferenc Máté, Best Boats: To Build or Buy, Albatross Publishing House, ISBN 0920256066 (10), ISBN 9780920256060 (13), page 242:Perhaps I have a frighteningly sievish memory, but I’ll be damned if I can flip a folded chart back and forth and remember exactly what was on the other side.