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Whiggish, a.2|ˈhwɪgɪʃ|
Also 7–8 whigish, 8 wiggish.
[f. Whig n.2 + -ish1.]
= Whig a.; also, Having or indicating something of the character of a Whig, inclined to Whiggism. (Formerly usually hostile or contemptuous; now usu. with reference to historical interpretation: see Whig historian, history s.v. Whig n.2 and a. C.)
1680Roxb. Ball. (1883) IV. 637 Great York in favour does remain, In spight of all the Whigish train. 1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 23 (1713) I. 150, I scorn the Trade of Lying, if it were for nothing else, but that it makes a Man look so Whiggish. 1684in T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. (1795) I. 308 note, I suspect you, of the Massachusetts, are more whiggish, and your neighbours more toryish, to express it in the language of late in use. 1705E. Ward Hud. Rediv. ii. 20 Mix'd with some High Church Vindications Against false Whiggish Defamations. 1779Burke Corr. (1844) II. 270 Your liberal, wise, and truly whiggish principles. 1790Burns Epit. Capt. M― H― viii, If ony whiggish whingin sot, To blame poor Matthew dare, man. 1813Miss Mitford 11 Apr. in L'Estrange Life (1870) I. vii. 229 If not a Reformer I am nothing; for I have as pretty a contempt for the ministers as my whiggish papa. 1816Scott Antiq. v, The whiggish and perverse opposition to established rank and privilege. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 1404/3 The danger, ever-present in women's history (as in labour history) of whiggish perspectives: of self-indulgently allowing enthusiasm for the women's cause today to obstruct sensitive understanding of women's situation yesterday.
†b. fig. Rebellious, factious. Obs. slang.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Whiggish, Factious, Seditious, Restless, Uneasy.
c. transf. Liberal, ‘broad’: cf. liberal a. 4 b.
1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 17 In the same fourth Century there were some Whiggish Pamphlets publish'd by some Moderate Heathens. 1907P. T. Forsyth Positive Preaching iv. 120 They gave the gnostics a huge advantage over the whiggish apologists and their liberal Christianity.
Hence ˈWhiggishly adv., ˈWhiggishness.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 32 (1713) I. 209 That was as *Whiggishly objected as ever I heard in my Life. 1684Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 295 There have been commissioners appointed, who..have turn'd out those persons in hospitalls and other publick places who are whiggishly inclined. 1728Swift Let. to Sheridan 18 Sept., I fancy you may do some good with the Primate,..if you wheedle him and talk a little Whiggishly. 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck xii, Whiggishly inclined. 1975University (Princeton Univ.) Winter 4/1 This is not to say whiggishly that science at any juncture has been the only description of physical reality that was historically possible. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 25 July 837/1 Authors tend to win a place in the history of social and political thought by making what is usually, and whiggishly, referred to as a ‘theoretical contribution’.
1889Academy 16 Nov. 311/1 Mr. Walpole has himself that trait of *Whiggishness which peculiarly fits him to paint the portrait of the chief of the Whigs. 1920Blackw. Mag. Mar. 402/2 Johnson would have tolerated his coxcombry as little as he would have borne with his inveterate Whiggishness. |