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kookish

kookish adjective: like a kook; eccentric.

Adjective

kookish (comparative more kookish, superlative most kookish)

  1. (US, slang) Like a kook; eccentric.

Forms of kookish

comparativemore kookish
superlativemost kookish

Origin of kookish

From kook + -ish.

Words formed from kookish

Questions about kookish

What does kookish mean?
Kookish means like a kook; eccentric.
What part of speech is kookish?
Kookish is an adjective.

Words near kookish in the dictionary

  1. kookies
  2. kookiest
  3. kookily
  4. kookiness
  5. kookinesses
  6. kookish
  7. kookishness
  8. kookism
  9. kookness
  10. kookologist
  11. kookologists

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