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dickish

/ˈdɪkɪʃ/

dickish adjective: characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.

Adjective

dickish (comparative more dickish, superlative most dickish)

  1. (US, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.
    • I get so annoyed with his dickish behavior.
    • AZG has fallen in my eyes into the same category as that of Clayton Cramer, Artemus Ward, and the various passing idiots. i will not answer his posts unless he insults me personally, as i think if we all ignore him he will go away. even if we DON'T all ignore him, i don't want to be responsible for...1992 February 14, Ailsa Murphy, “Re: Sex & paganism (was Re: reply)”, in alt.pagan (Usenet), retrieved 04 Feb 2018, message-ID <MAINE.92045.093550IO81409>

Forms of dickish

comparativemore dickish
superlativemost dickish

Origin of dickish

From dick + -ish.

Words formed from dickish

Questions about dickish

What does dickish mean?
Dickish means characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious.
What part of speech is dickish?
Dickish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dickish?
Dickish is pronounced /ˈdɪkɪʃ/.

Words near dickish in the dictionary

  1. dickinsoniid
  2. dickinsoniids
  3. dickinsoniomorph
  4. dickinsoniomorphs
  5. dickinsonite
  6. dickish
  7. dickishly
  8. dickishness
  9. Dickison
  10. dickite
  11. dickites

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