riggish
riggish adjective: wanton, lewd, or tomboyish.
Adjective
riggish (comparative more riggish, superlative most riggish)
- Wanton, lewd, or tomboyish
- Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies; for vilest things Become themselves in her: that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard... - The wanton gesticulations of a virgin in a wild assembly of gallants warmed with wine, could be no other than riggish, and unmaidenly.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
- Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry
Forms of riggish
| comparative | more riggish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most riggish |
Origin of riggish
From rig (“a wanton girl”) + -ish.
Questions about riggish
- What does riggish mean?
- Riggish means wanton, lewd, or tomboyish.
- What part of speech is riggish?
- Riggish is an adjective.
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