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squirish

squirish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a squire.

Adjective

squirish (comparative more squirish, superlative most squirish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a squire.
    • […] a squirish pride of position and antipathy towards physical labour […]2016, Thomas J. Assad, Three Victorian Travellers: Burton, Blunt, Doughty, page 93

Forms of squirish

comparativemore squirish
superlativemost squirish

Origin of squirish

From squire + -ish.

Questions about squirish

What does squirish mean?
Squirish means resembling or characteristic of a squire.
What part of speech is squirish?
Squirish is an adjective.

Words near squirish in the dictionary

  1. squireship
  2. squireships
  3. squiress
  4. squiresses
  5. squiring
  6. squirish
  7. squirl
  8. squirls
  9. squirm
  10. squirmage
  11. squirmed

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