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traitorish

traitorish adjective: traitorly; treasonous.

Adjective

traitorish (comparative more traitorish, superlative most traitorish)

  1. traitorly; treasonous
    • "What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"1825, Ephraim Hardcastle (William Henry Pyne), The Twenty-Ninth of May: Rare Doings at the Restoration, volume 1, page 14

Synonyms of traitorish

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Forms of traitorish

comparativemore traitorish
superlativemost traitorish

Origin of traitorish

From traitor + -ish.

Questions about traitorish

What does traitorish mean?
Traitorish means traitorly; treasonous.
What part of speech is traitorish?
Traitorish is an adjective.

Words near traitorish in the dictionary

  1. traitoresse
  2. traitoresses
  3. traitorhood
  4. traitories
  5. traitoring
  6. traitorish
  7. traitorism
  8. traitorisms
  9. traitorize
  10. traitorless
  11. traitorlike

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