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riggish

adj

Etymology

From rig (“a wanton girl”) + -ish.

  1. derived from *rign-✻
  2. derived from *rik-✻
  3. suffixed as riggish — “rig + ish”

Definitions

  1. Wanton, lewd, or tomboyish

    • The wanton gesticulations of a virgin in a wild assembly of gallants warmed with wine, could be no other than riggish, and unmaidenly.
    • Dr Quintal saw them to the door, giving Rita a shrug and a sardonic grimace as she went, implying that he was not the dupe of her riggish rejection of a casual love affair.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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