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upstartish

upstartish adjective: like an upstart.

Adjective

upstartish (comparative more upstartish, superlative most upstartish)

  1. Like an upstart.

Forms of upstartish

comparativemore upstartish
superlativemost upstartish

Origin of upstartish

From upstart + -ish.

Questions about upstartish

What does upstartish mean?
Upstartish means like an upstart.
What part of speech is upstartish?
Upstartish is an adjective.

Words near upstartish in the dictionary

  1. upstares
  2. upstaring
  3. upstart
  4. upstarted
  5. upstarting
  6. upstartish
  7. upstartism
  8. upstartle
  9. upstartled
  10. upstartles
  11. upstartling

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