poutish
poutish adjective: pouty (all senses).
Adjective
poutish (comparative more poutish, superlative most poutish)
- Pouty (all senses).
- […] those [women] that are sheepish, can very difficultly preserve themselves from being weather-born; and those that are waspish, are, as Solomon saith, a continual dropping; and the poutish are like a charnel-house, where sorrowful and glum silence make a solemn mourning:1671, Caleb Trenchfield, “Of the choice of a Wife”, in A Cap of Grey Hairs for a Green Head, London: Henry Eversden, page 117
- She was the most consummate mistress of the value of a shading of emphasis, an uplifted eyebrow, a tiny, poutish moue, or a dainty shrug of the shoulders, when used in conjunction with an unended sentence, in declaring and pointing an unspoken opinion.1899, Frank Kinsella, chapter 4, in The Degeneration of Dorothy, New York: G.W. Dillingham, page 106
Forms of poutish
| comparative | more poutish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most poutish |
Origin of poutish
From pout + -ish.
Questions about poutish
- What does poutish mean?
- Poutish means pouty (all senses).
- What part of speech is poutish?
- Poutish is an adjective.
Words near poutish in the dictionary
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