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knappish

adj

Etymology

From knap (“to strike”) + -ish.

  1. derived from *knappô✻
  2. derived from knappr — “small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”
  3. inherited from cnæp
  4. inherited from knap
  5. formed as knappish — “knap + -ish”

Definitions

  1. Peevish

    Peevish; snappish.

    • [H]e reiected the Dukes requeſt with many ſpitefull and knappiſhe wordes, which ſo wounded the Dukes hart with hatred and miſtruſt, that he could neuer after endure to looke right on king Richard, but euer feared hys owne lyfe, […]

The neighborhood

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