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loaferish

loaferish adjective: like a loafer; idle.

Adjective

loaferish (comparative more loaferish, superlative most loaferish)

  1. Like a loafer; idle.

Forms of loaferish

comparativemore loaferish
superlativemost loaferish

Origin of loaferish

From loafer + -ish.

Questions about loaferish

What does loaferish mean?
Loaferish means like a loafer; idle.
What part of speech is loaferish?
Loaferish is an adjective.

Words near loaferish in the dictionary

  1. loafed around
  2. loafer
  3. loaferdom
  4. loafered
  5. loafering
  6. loaferish
  7. loafers
  8. loafin'
  9. loafing
  10. loafing about
  11. loafing around

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