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guffawish

guffawish adjective: of laughter, loud and unrestrained.

Adjective

guffawish (comparative more guffawish, superlative most guffawish)

  1. Of laughter, loud and unrestrained.
  2. Of people, given to unrestrained laughter.
    • Lieutenants Creek, Looker, Jones, Dwyer? Callow, guffawish, no longer her meat.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 613

Forms of guffawish

comparativemore guffawish
superlativemost guffawish

Origin of guffawish

From guffaw + -ish.

Questions about guffawish

What does guffawish mean?
Guffawish means of laughter, loud and unrestrained.
What part of speech is guffawish?
Guffawish is an adjective.

Words near guffawish in the dictionary

  1. guffaw
  2. guffawed
  3. guffawing
  4. guffawingly
  5. guffawings
  6. guffawish
  7. guffaws
  8. guffed
  9. guffed off
  10. guffer
  11. guffers

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