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flounderish

adj

Etymology

From flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish.

  1. derived from *flunþrijǭ✻
  2. derived from flyðra
  3. derived from flondre
  4. derived from floundre
  5. inherited from flowndre
  6. suffixed as flounderish — “flounder + ish”

Definitions

  1. that flounders

    that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles

    • The readers were expecting things to be a little more direct, and so they're probably feeling a bit flounderish.
    • "With those precious burdens hanging before them and that walk of theirs, to say nothing of the flounderish feet, they made one think of three giant chickens just home from fishing with the catch of the day."

  2. (of a speech) moving from topic to topic, not focused

    • I had a big flounderish diatribe written up, but this isn't the place for it.

The neighborhood

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