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muckerish

muckerish adjective: characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.

Adjective

muckerish (comparative more muckerish, superlative most muckerish)

  1. (dated) Characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.
    • Hence when we soberly review the situation and find that Yale men have not only been in the habit of throwing food, but of throwing it at their visitors and guests, we must admit their action to be muckerish.1906, Yale Sheffield Monthly, volumes 13-14, page 200

Forms of muckerish

comparativemore muckerish
superlativemost muckerish

Origin of muckerish

From mucker + -ish.

Questions about muckerish

What does muckerish mean?
Muckerish means characteristic of a mucker; low and vulgar.
What part of speech is muckerish?
Muckerish is an adjective.

Words near muckerish in the dictionary

  1. muckenger
  2. muckengers
  3. mucker
  4. muckered
  5. muckering
  6. muckerish
  7. muckerism
  8. muckers
  9. mucket
  10. muckets
  11. muckety muck

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