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Rip Van Winkleish

Rip Van Winkleish adjective: resembling or characteristic of Rip Van Winkle.

Adjective

Rip Van Winkleish (comparative more Rip Van Winkleish, superlative most Rip Van Winkleish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Rip Van Winkle.

Forms of Rip Van Winkleish

comparativemore Rip Van Winkleish
superlativemost Rip Van Winkleish

Origin of Rip Van Winkleish

From Rip Van Winkle + -ish.

Questions about Rip Van Winkleish

What does Rip Van Winkleish mean?
Rip Van Winkleish means resembling or characteristic of Rip Van Winkle.
What part of speech is Rip Van Winkleish?
Rip Van Winkleish is an adjective.

Words near Rip Van Winkleish in the dictionary

  1. RIP troll
  2. RIP trolling
  3. RIP trolls
  4. rip up
  5. Rip Van Winkle
  6. Rip Van Winkleish
  7. Rip Van Winklesque
  8. rip, shit or bust
  9. rip-and-reader
  10. rip-and-readers
  11. rip-and-tear

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