airish

[air-ish]

air·ish

[air-ish]
adjective South Midland and Southern U.S.
given to putting on airs.

Origin:
1940–45; air(s) (see air1) + -ish1
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Airish is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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airish definition


  1. mod.
    [of the weather] chilly or briskly cool. : It's airish enough to freeze the brass off a bald monkey!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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