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warrish

adj

Etymology

From war + -ish.

  1. derived from *wers-✻ — “to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”
  2. derived from *werʀu✻ — “confusion; quarrel”
  3. derived from werra
  4. derived from guerre//werre
  5. inherited from werre//wyrre
  6. inherited from werre
  7. suffixed as warrish — “war + ish”

Definitions

  1. Militant

    Militant; warlike.

    • Brightned the black horizon of his parish ; Gave to the Prince of Darkness such hard blows, That Satan was afraid to show his nose, (Except in hell), before this priest so warrish!
    • Dear George, 'tis very true," replied the king, " Poor Honour is just come upon the parish; Merit may tramp tho streets, and ballads sing: My new-made knights can boast of nothing warrish.
    • The specific examples of warrish attitudes change from year to year, but the underlying bellicosity remains.

The neighborhood

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