[klee-kish, klik-ish] 
| 1. | associating exclusively with the members of one's own clique; clannish. |
| 2. | tending to divide into cliques: a cliquish neighborhood. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a clique: narrow, cliquish notions about art. |
| clique (klēk, klĭk) n. A small exclusive group of friends or associates. intr.v. cliqued, cliqu·ing, cliques Informal To form, associate in, or act as a clique. [French, from Old French, latch or from obsolete French cliquer, to click, clink, of imitative origin.] cliqu'ey, cliqu'y, cliqu'ish adj., cliqu'ish·ly adv., cliqu'ish·ness n. |
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