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trampish

/ˈtɹæmpɪʃ/

trampish adjective: like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy.

Adjective

trampish (comparative more trampish, superlative most trampish)

  1. Like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy.
    • He heard Rogers' voice raised in the reception room; he stepped to the doorway and saw his servitor arguing with an elderly and trampish man who had got in somehow.1927, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 200, page 150

Forms of trampish

comparativemore trampish
superlativemost trampish

Origin of trampish

From tramp + -ish.

Words formed from trampish

Questions about trampish

What does trampish mean?
Trampish means like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy.
What part of speech is trampish?
Trampish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trampish?
Trampish is pronounced /ˈtɹæmpɪʃ/.

Words near trampish in the dictionary

  1. trampin'
  2. trampiness
  3. tramping
  4. Tramping Lake
  5. trampings
  6. trampish
  7. trampishly
  8. trampism
  9. tramplate
  10. tramplates
  11. trample

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