griffish
griffish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a griff or griffin, a white person newly arrived in India from Europe.
Adjective
griffish (comparative more griffish, superlative most griffish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a griff or griffin, a white person newly arrived in India from Europe.
- I might have taken refuge in the adjoining apartments; but I felt unwilling to appear griffish, as it is called, before the family.1835, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register, page 124
- The first tiger I ever saw was under such circumstances, in my second year in India, with a friend as griffish to Indian sport as myself: we were two guns and a pad, his elephant wholly untried: […]1854, Henry Whitelock Torrens, James Hume, A selection from the writings, prose and poetical, of Henry W. Torrens, page 187
Forms of griffish
| comparative | more griffish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most griffish |
Questions about griffish
- What does griffish mean?
- Griffish means resembling or characteristic of a griff or griffin, a white person newly arrived in India from Europe.
- What part of speech is griffish?
- Griffish is an adjective.
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