woggish
woggish adjective: exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a foreigner.
Adjective
woggish (comparative more woggish, superlative most woggish)
- Exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a foreigner
- I should have thought that we would have stopped all such woggish activities by now. I mean dancing and things.1960, Manohar Malgonkar, Distant drum, Asia Pub. House, page 60
- They were too unrestrainedly ethnic, too woggish (from another point of view), not middle-class enough for my father [...]1987, Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson, Frictions, an anthology of fiction by women, Spinifex Press, page 6
- Synonyms:
- woggy
Synonyms of woggish
Forms of woggish
| comparative | more woggish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most woggish |
Origin of woggish
From wog + -ish.
Questions about woggish
- What does woggish mean?
- Woggish means exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a foreigner.
- What part of speech is woggish?
- Woggish is an adjective.
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