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loggish

loggish adjective: heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish.

Adjective

loggish (comparative more loggish, superlative most loggish)

  1. heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish
    • But it would be a loggish observer indeed who failed to become involved In Mr. McMullen's situation, for in addition to being as sharp-eyed as an osprey he has made of himself no mean naturalist, […]1985, The New York Times Book Review, page 16
    • His first thought thereafter was that Robert was drunk and in a loggish stupor. But when, at Julie's sharp call, the sleeper awoke and jumped upright […]1938, Frank Swinnerton, Harvest comedy: a dramatic chronicle, page 269

Forms of loggish

comparativemore loggish
superlativemost loggish

Origin of loggish

From log + -ish.

Questions about loggish

What does loggish mean?
Loggish means heavy or ponderous; dull; lumpish.
What part of speech is loggish?
Loggish is an adjective.

Words near loggish in the dictionary

  1. logging railroads
  2. logging rock
  3. logging rocks
  4. loggings
  5. Loggins
  6. loggish
  7. loggs
  8. loggy
  9. loghouse
  10. loghouses
  11. Loghry

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