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knuckleheadish

knuckleheadish adjective: of or characteristic of a knucklehead.

Adjective

knuckleheadish (comparative more knuckleheadish, superlative most knuckleheadish)

  1. Of or characteristic of a knucklehead.
    • I hope these questions don't sound completely knuckleheadish and lame.
    • "We seldom have humility enough to begin to suspect that just possibly there are knuckleheadish elements to our own character."2011, Carl Wells, Inconvenient Opinions

Forms of knuckleheadish

comparativemore knuckleheadish
superlativemost knuckleheadish

Origin of knuckleheadish

From knucklehead + -ish.

Questions about knuckleheadish

What does knuckleheadish mean?
Knuckleheadish means of or characteristic of a knucklehead.
What part of speech is knuckleheadish?
Knuckleheadish is an adjective.

Words near knuckleheadish in the dictionary

  1. knucklefucks
  2. knucklehead
  3. knuckleheaded
  4. knuckleheadedness
  5. knuckleheadery
  6. knuckleheadish
  7. knuckleheads
  8. knucklelike
  9. knucklenuts
  10. knuckler
  11. knucklers

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