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tigerish

tigerish adjective: having the characteristics of a tiger.

Adjective

tigerish (comparative more tigerish, superlative most tigerish)

  1. Having the characteristics of a tiger.
    • Thomas P. Puccio, a tigerish New York lawyer who won fame prosecuting congressmen in the 1980s Abscam scandals, then switched sides and defended Claus von Bülow, corrupt politicians, an accused rapist who ran off to the ski slopes of Europe and other notorious clients, died on Monday in New Haven.2012 March 13, Robert D. McFadden, “Thomas Puccio, Ex-Prosecutor and Lawyer for Notorious Clients, Dies at 67”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    tigerlike

Synonyms of tigerish

Forms of tigerish

comparativemore tigerish
superlativemost tigerish
alternative formtigrish

Origin of tigerish

From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.

Words formed from tigerish

Questions about tigerish

What does tigerish mean?
Tigerish means having the characteristics of a tiger.
What part of speech is tigerish?
Tigerish is an adjective.

Words near tigerish in the dictionary

  1. Tigergate
  2. tigerhood
  3. tigerine
  4. tigerinin
  5. tigerinins
  6. tigerish
  7. tigerishly
  8. tigerishness
  9. tigerism
  10. tigerkin
  11. tigerkins

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