Word.ws English Dictionary

poindexterish

poindexterish adjective: like a Poindexter; bookish or socially unskilled.

Adjective

poindexterish (comparative more poindexterish, superlative most poindexterish)

  1. Like a Poindexter; bookish or socially unskilled.

Forms of poindexterish

comparativemore poindexterish
superlativemost poindexterish

Origin of poindexterish

From Poindexter + -ish.

Questions about poindexterish

What does poindexterish mean?
Poindexterish means like a Poindexter; bookish or socially unskilled.
What part of speech is poindexterish?
Poindexterish is an adjective.

Words near poindexterish in the dictionary

  1. poindable
  2. poinded
  3. poinder
  4. poinders
  5. poindexter
  6. poindexterish
  7. poindexters
  8. poinding
  9. poindings
  10. Poindo
  11. poinds

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poindexterish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “poindexterish.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/poindexterish. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.