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oikish

oikish adjective: like an oik; yobbish.

Adjective

oikish (comparative more oikish, superlative most oikish)

  1. (informal) Like an oik; yobbish.
    • His business partners are Terry Linex and Keith Carburton: matey yet threatening; oikish yet upwardly mobile.2006, John Mullan, How novels work

Forms of oikish

comparativemore oikish
superlativemost oikish

Origin of oikish

From oik + -ish.

Questions about oikish

What does oikish mean?
Oikish means like an oik; yobbish.
What part of speech is oikish?
Oikish is an adjective.

Words near oikish in the dictionary

  1. oignons verts
  2. OIGs
  3. oik
  4. oikball
  5. oikeiosis
  6. oikish
  7. oikist
  8. oikists
  9. oikoclitic
  10. oikocryst
  11. oikocrysts

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