*pish*

adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an asp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ from Colonel Blimp, a fictional character ] pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Moderately damp or moist.

-- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. “ A . . . dumpish and sour life.” Lord Herbert.

-- Dump"ish*ly, adv. -- Dump"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

Syn. -- Finical; spruce; dandyish. See Finical.

-- Fop"pish*ly, adv. -- Fop"pish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Frap, Frape. ] Peevish; froward. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ From 5th Hip. ] Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Hyp. ] Affected with hypochondria; hypped. [ Written also hyppish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp; naughtily or annoyingly playful; as, teasing and worrying with impish laughter.
Syn. -- elfish, elvish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In the manner of an imp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Knap to strike. ] Snappish; peevish. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. -- n. The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lumpish. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. “ Lumpish, heavy, melancholy.” Shak.

-- Lump"ish*ly, adv. -- Lump"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull; spiritless; dejected. -- Mop"ish*ly, adv. -- Mop"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sullen, sulky. -- Mump"ish*ly, adv. -- Mump"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. An exclamation of contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To express contempt. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The Canada lynx. [ Written also peeshoo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously. -- Pop"ish*ly, adv. -- Pop"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to rude play; inclined to romp; frolicsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

--- Romp"ish, adv. -- Romp"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat ropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sheep"ish*ly, adv. -- Sheep"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Snap"pish*ly, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat steep. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. se tapir to squat. ] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [ Written also tappis, tappish, tappice. ] [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As a hound that, having roused a hart,
Although he tappish ne'er so soft. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + dumpish. ] To relieve from the dumps. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Up. ] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [ Colloq. ] T. Brown. -- Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Up"pish*ness, n. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]