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donnybrookian

donnybrookian adjective: of or pertaining to a donnybrook; bellicose; disconcerted; raucous; clashing.

Adjective

donnybrookian (comparative more donnybrookian, superlative most donnybrookian)

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Of or pertaining to a donnybrook; bellicose; disconcerted; raucous; clashing.
    • Hereupon Ted drew forth his cudgel, hit the Turk a donnybrookian whack over the skull that laid him flat on the ground, and took to his heels.2012, R.M. Ballantyne, The Pirate City: A Tale of the Pirates of the City of Algiers, and Their Defeat by the British Navy, The Floating Press, page 256
    • The favourite device of one of the Indian desert foxes here is of a donnybrookian flavour.2016, Arthur Morrison, The Complete Works of Arthur Morrison, Delphi Classics - Series 6, (unpaginated)

Forms of donnybrookian

comparativemore donnybrookian
superlativemost donnybrookian

Origin of donnybrookian

From donnybrook + -ian.

Questions about donnybrookian

What does donnybrookian mean?
Donnybrookian means of or pertaining to a donnybrook; bellicose; disconcerted; raucous; clashing.
What part of speech is donnybrookian?
Donnybrookian is an adjective.

Words near donnybrookian in the dictionary

  1. donnots
  2. Donns
  3. donny
  4. donnybrook
  5. Donnybrook-Balingup
  6. donnybrookian
  7. donnybrooks
  8. Donnygate
  9. donnée
  10. données
  11. dono

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