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burgish

burgish adjective: of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.

Adjective

burgish (comparative more burgish, superlative most burgish)

  1. Of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.
    • Maybe she needed to get out of the house—she's been inside it for two days—but that would only bring everything into sharper focus. She'd see more clearly how burgish Bleak could get.2004, Richard Swanson, Brigid Does Bleak
    Synonyms:
    townish

Synonyms of burgish

Forms of burgish

comparativemore burgish
superlativemost burgish

Origin of burgish

From burg + -ish. Compare burgeois, burgess.

Questions about burgish

What does burgish mean?
Burgish means of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.
What part of speech is burgish?
Burgish is an adjective.

Words near burgish in the dictionary

  1. Burgins
  2. Burgio
  3. Burgios
  4. burgir
  5. burgirs
  6. burgish
  7. burglar
  8. burglar alarm
  9. burglar alarms
  10. burglar bar
  11. burglar bars

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