cliquish

[ klee-kish, klik-ish ]
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adjective
  1. associating exclusively with the members of one's own clique; clannish.

  2. tending to divide into cliques: a cliquish neighborhood.

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a clique: narrow, cliquish notions about art.

Origin of cliquish

1
First recorded in 1850–55; clique + -ish1

Other words from cliquish

  • cli·quish·ly, adverb
  • cli·quish·ness, noun

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