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cantish

cantish adjective: canting; preaching falsely.

Adjective

cantish (comparative more cantish, superlative most cantish)

  1. canting; preaching falsely

Forms of cantish

comparativemore cantish
superlativemost cantish

Origin of cantish

From cant + -ish.

Questions about cantish

What does cantish mean?
Cantish means canting; preaching falsely.
What part of speech is cantish?
Cantish is an adjective.

Words near cantish in the dictionary

  1. cantinière
  2. cantinières
  3. Cantins
  4. cantion
  5. cantions
  6. cantish
  7. cantitruncated
  8. cantitruncation
  9. cantitruncations
  10. cantle
  11. cantled

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