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tykish

tykish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tyke, or mischievous child.

Adjective

tykish (comparative more tykish, superlative most tykish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tyke, or mischievous child.
    • In the photographs that illustrate the article, Lulu looks tykish in a white T-shirt and a pair of red-and-white candy-striped dungarees.1998, Annamarie Jagose, Lulu: A Romance, page 150

Forms of tykish

comparativemore tykish
superlativemost tykish

Origin of tykish

From tyke + -ish.

Questions about tykish

What does tykish mean?
Tykish means resembling or characteristic of a tyke, or mischievous child.
What part of speech is tykish?
Tykish is an adjective.

Words near tykish in the dictionary

  1. Tykeia
  2. tykes
  3. tykhana
  4. tykhanas
  5. Tykhon
  6. tykish
  7. tyl-
  8. tylakoid
  9. tylari
  10. tylarus
  11. Tylden

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