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rowdyish

[ rou-dee-ish ]

adjective

  1. like or characteristic of a rowdy.
  2. disposed to or characterized by rowdyism.


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Other Words From

  • rowdy·ish·ly adverb
  • rowdy·ish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rowdyish1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; rowdy + -ish 1

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Example Sentences

All the children of the neighborhood, except the most rowdyish, flocked to Morgan Chapel at least once a week.

He wanted to see the boy who had left the office with the man "well-dressed, rowdyish, foppish."

Don't be rowdyish, or get the reputation of being a drunken fellow.

They had no idea that the crowd about the pavilion was rowdyish.

Her manner was studiedly rowdyish, her speech marred by slang; she loved only a few persons in the world besides herself.

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