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pulpitish

pulpitish adjective: of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.

Adjective

pulpitish (comparative more pulpitish, superlative most pulpitish)

  1. Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.
    • We say nothing of the pulpitish and dogmatic tone which seems never so far to forget itself as to drop down into the easy accents of friend talking with friend.1861, The Christian Review Volume 26

Forms of pulpitish

comparativemore pulpitish
superlativemost pulpitish

Origin of pulpitish

From pulpit + -ish.

Questions about pulpitish

What does pulpitish mean?
Pulpitish means of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.
What part of speech is pulpitish?
Pulpitish is an adjective.

Words near pulpitish in the dictionary

  1. pulpitfuls
  2. pulpitic
  3. pulpitical
  4. pulpitically
  5. pulpitis
  6. pulpitish
  7. pulpitism
  8. pulpitize
  9. pulpitized
  10. pulpitizes
  11. pulpitizing

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