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nabobish

nabobish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a nabob.

Adjective

nabobish (comparative more nabobish, superlative most nabobish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nabob.

Forms of nabobish

comparativemore nabobish
superlativemost nabobish

Origin of nabobish

From nabob + -ish.

Words formed from nabobish

Questions about nabobish

What does nabobish mean?
Nabobish means resembling or characteristic of a nabob.
What part of speech is nabobish?
Nabobish is an adjective.

Words near nabobish in the dictionary

  1. nabobess
  2. nabobesses
  3. nabobhood
  4. nabobic
  5. nabobical
  6. nabobish
  7. nabobishly
  8. nabobism
  9. nabobry
  10. nabobs
  11. nabobship

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