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balkish

balkish adjective: uneven; ridgy.

Adjective

balkish (comparative more balkish, superlative most balkish)

  1. (obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy
    • […] I was forthwyth reclaymed from my former resolution, reckening it for better, that my penne shoulde walke in such wyse in that craggie and balkishe way […]1577, Richard Stanihurst, A plain and perfect description of Ireland, quoted in The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works

Forms of balkish

comparativemore balkish
superlativemost balkish

Origin of balkish

From balk + -ish.

Questions about balkish

What does balkish mean?
Balkish means uneven; ridgy.
What part of speech is balkish?
Balkish is an adjective.

Words near balkish in the dictionary

  1. Balkin
  2. balkiness
  3. balking
  4. balkingly
  5. balkings
  6. balkish
  7. balkline
  8. balklines
  9. Balko
  10. Balkos
  11. balks

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