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crankish

adj

Etymology

From crank + -ish.

  1. inherited from *krangaz✻
  2. derived from *krank✻
  3. borrowed from krank
  4. suffixed as crankish — “crank + ish”

Definitions

  1. cranky

    cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered

  2. pseudoscientific

    • a crankish society of supposed UFO abductees

The neighborhood

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