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bogglish

bogglish adjective: uncertain, doubtful; skittish.

Adjective

bogglish (comparative more bogglish, superlative most bogglish)

  1. (rare) Uncertain, doubtful; skittish
    • So, I’m feeling a bit bogglish or a bit skittish today. I’ve got lots of grown up stuff to do involving going places, talking to people and making ‘phone calls2012 June 22, Helen Lapping, “Bit of a bogglish day….”, in HL Writing Blog, retrieved 30 Sep 2012

Forms of bogglish

comparativemore bogglish
superlativemost bogglish

Origin of bogglish

From boggle + -ish.

Questions about bogglish

What does bogglish mean?
Bogglish means uncertain, doubtful; skittish.
What part of speech is bogglish?
Bogglish is an adjective.

Words near bogglish in the dictionary

  1. boggles
  2. bogglesome
  3. boggling
  4. bogglingly
  5. bogglings
  6. bogglish
  7. boggo
  8. Boggs
  9. Boggsian
  10. boggsite
  11. Boggus

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