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rookish

rookish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a rook (bird).

Adjective

rookish (comparative more rookish, superlative most rookish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rook (bird).
    • In black taffeta she gazes rigidly at the camera with a rookish head-tilt.2022, William Atkins, Exiles: Three Island Journeys

Forms of rookish

comparativemore rookish
superlativemost rookish

Origin of rookish

From rook + -ish.

Questions about rookish

What does rookish mean?
Rookish means resembling or characteristic of a rook (bird).
What part of speech is rookish?
Rookish is an adjective.

Words near rookish in the dictionary

  1. rookier
  2. rookies
  3. rookiest
  4. rooking
  5. rookings
  6. rookish
  7. rookless
  8. rooklet
  9. rooklets
  10. rooklike
  11. rooks

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