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kernish

kernish adjective: clownish; boorish.

Adjective

kernish (comparative more kernish, superlative most kernish)

  1. (obsolete) clownish; boorish
    • Ireland […] was once the conqueſt of one ſingle Earl with his private forces, and the ſmall aſſiſtance of a petty Kerniſh Prince,1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...

kernish meaning in Tamil

kernish in Tamil

போன்ற

Forms of kernish

comparativemore kernish
superlativemost kernish

Origin of kernish

From kern + -ish, from kern (“a boor”).

Questions about kernish

What does kernish mean?
Kernish means clownish; boorish.
What is kernish in Tamil?
Kernish in Tamil is போன்ற. See Kernish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kernish?
Kernish is an adjective.

Words near kernish in the dictionary

  1. Kernighan-Lin algorithm
  2. Kernighans
  3. kernikterus
  4. kerning
  5. kernings
  6. kernish
  7. kernite
  8. kernmantel
  9. kernmantle
  10. Kernodle
  11. Kernodles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kernish (page history and authors); kernish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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