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firebrandish

firebrandish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a firebrand (argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary).

Adjective

firebrandish (comparative more firebrandish, superlative most firebrandish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a firebrand (argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary).

Forms of firebrandish

comparativemore firebrandish
superlativemost firebrandish

Origin of firebrandish

From firebrand + -ish.

Questions about firebrandish

What does firebrandish mean?
Firebrandish means resembling or characteristic of a firebrand (argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary).
What part of speech is firebrandish?
Firebrandish is an adjective.

Words near firebrandish in the dictionary

  1. firebox
  2. fireboxes
  3. fireboy
  4. fireboys
  5. firebrand
  6. firebrandish
  7. firebrandism
  8. firebrands
  9. firebrass
  10. firebrat
  11. firebrats

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