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magpieish

magpieish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in having the desire to take and conceal attractive objects.

Adjective

magpieish (comparative more magpieish, superlative most magpieish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in having the desire to take and conceal attractive objects.

Forms of magpieish

comparativemore magpieish
superlativemost magpieish

Origin of magpieish

From magpie + -ish.

Questions about magpieish

What does magpieish mean?
Magpieish means resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in having the desire to take and conceal attractive objects.
What part of speech is magpieish?
Magpieish is an adjective.

Words near magpieish in the dictionary

  1. magpie-larks
  2. magpie-robin
  3. magpie-robins
  4. magpied
  5. magpieing
  6. magpieish
  7. magpielike
  8. magpies
  9. MAgr
  10. Magra
  11. Magrath

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