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pulpish

pulpish adjective: characteristic of pulp (lurid, sensational writing).

Adjective

pulpish (comparative more pulpish, superlative most pulpish)

  1. Characteristic of pulp (lurid, sensational writing).
    • Part of why Mr. Dick’s work appeals so much to moviemakers is his pulpish sensibility.2007 May 6, Charles Mcgrath, “A Prince of Pulp, Legit at Last”, in New York Times

Forms of pulpish

comparativemore pulpish
superlativemost pulpish

Origin of pulpish

From pulp + -ish.

Questions about pulpish

What does pulpish mean?
Pulpish means characteristic of pulp (lurid, sensational writing).
What part of speech is pulpish?
Pulpish is an adjective.

Words near pulpish in the dictionary

  1. pulpiness
  2. pulpinesses
  3. pulping
  4. pulping liquor
  5. pulpings
  6. pulpish
  7. pulpit
  8. pulpita
  9. pulpital
  10. pulpitarian
  11. pulpitarians

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