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gittish

gittish adjective: like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.

Adjective

gittish (comparative more gittish, superlative most gittish)

  1. (UK, slang) Like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.
    • Prince George is shy and just pretends to be bluff and crass and unbelievably thick and gittish, whilst deep down he is a soft little marshmallowy, pigletty type of creature.1987, Blackadder (TV series), "Amy and Amiability" (series 3, episode 5)
    • Anna sighed. 'Jackson was a git. As usual.'
      'Uneasy lies the head that wears a throne. Specifically gittish, or just generally?'2010, Kate Long, The Daughter Game, page 5

Forms of gittish

comparativemore gittish
superlativemost gittish

Origin of gittish

From git + -ish.

Questions about gittish

What does gittish mean?
Gittish means like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.
What part of speech is gittish?
Gittish is an adjective.

Words near gittish in the dictionary

  1. gitting
  2. Gittins
  3. Gittins index
  4. Gittins indexes
  5. gittinsite
  6. gittish
  7. Gittisham
  8. Gittite
  9. Gittites
  10. gittith
  11. gittiths

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