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campish

adj
/ˈkæmpɪʃ/US

Etymology

From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) + -ish.

  1. inherited from *kampōn✻
  2. inherited from campian, compian
  3. inherited from campen
  4. derived from camp
  5. derived from can, camp
  6. derived from *kh₂em-✻ — “to bend; crooked”
  7. derived from campus
  8. inherited from *kamp✻
  9. inherited from camp
  10. inherited from kampe
  11. suffixed as campish — “camp + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat camp, somewhat campy

    Somewhat camp, somewhat campy; camp or campy (characterized by camp or kitsch).

    • […] like a campish fantasy of the gay male libido […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for campish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA