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ghettoish

ghettoish adjective: characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.

Adjective

ghettoish (comparative more ghettoish, superlative most ghettoish)

  1. Characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
    • It is the perception of this as contrasted with the somewhat ghettoish aspect of our orthodox schools, institutions and synagogues, that tends so much to estrange American born and bred Jewish youths and maidens from their ancestral faith.1911, Granville Stanley Hall, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 217
    • […] she sat down, waving her hands and acting ghettoish and defensive, but, before she could go any further with the drama, Emma stopped her.2008, Suzanne A. Glassé, Elegant Emma Trent, page 8

Forms of ghettoish

comparativemore ghettoish
superlativemost ghettoish

Origin of ghettoish

From ghetto + -ish.

Questions about ghettoish

What does ghettoish mean?
Ghettoish means characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
What part of speech is ghettoish?
Ghettoish is an adjective.

Words near ghettoish in the dictionary

  1. ghettoing
  2. ghettoisation
  3. ghettoise
  4. ghettoised
  5. ghettoises
  6. ghettoish
  7. ghettoising
  8. ghettoism
  9. ghettoisms
  10. ghettoization
  11. ghettoizations

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