clubbishadj.
/ˈklʌbɪʃ/ 1. Resembling, or suggesting, a club; clumsy.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy
unridec1175
un-i-weldec1275
boistous?a1400
cumbrousa1400
roida1450
clubbishc1530
lumpish?1573
bouncing1579
unwieldy1582
boisterous1590
unfeirdyc1590
lumbering1593
cumbersome1594
elephantic1598
elephant-likea1603
moliminous1642
clumpish1681
rhinocerical1689
hulking1699
hulky1785
lumberly1805
elephantine1826
rhinocerial1828
lumbersome1834
clumpy1836
lumbrous1836
hippopotamic1853
hippopotamian1864
megatherial1894
hippopotamine1911
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Niij His clubbysshe fete.
1565–84 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Cala A big clubbishe staffe.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clubbish, clumsy, heavy.
2. Clownish, boorish, rough, rude. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined
boistousc1300
untheweda1325
uplandisha1387
unaffiled1390
rudea1393
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
clubbedc1440
blunt1477
lob?1507
robust1511
borel1513
carterly1519
clubbish1530
rough?1531
rustical?1532
incondite1539
agrestc1550
rusticc1550
brute1555
lobcocka1556
loutisha1556
carterlike1561
boorish1562
ruggedc1565
lobbish1567
loutlike1567
sowish1570
clownish1581
unrefined1582
impolished1583
homespun1590
transalpinea1592
swaddish1593
unpolished1594
untutored1595
swabberly1596
tartarous1602
porterly1603
lobcocked1606
lob-like1606
cluster-fisted1611
agrestic1617
inurbane1623
unelevated1627
incult1628
unbrushed1640
vulgar1643
unhewed1644
unsmooth1648
hirsute1658
loutardly1658
unhewn1659
roughsome?c1660
sordid1668
inhumanea1680
coarse1699
brutal1709
ramgunshoch1721
tramontane1740
uncouth1740
no-nationa1756
unurbane1760
turnipy1792
rudas1802
common1804
cubbish1819
clodhopping1828
vulgarian1833
cloddish1844
unkempt1846
bush1851
vulgarish1860
rodney1866
crude1876
ignorant1886
yobby1910
nekulturny1932
oikish1959
yobbish1966
ocker1972
down and dirty1977
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 307/2 Clobysshe boystous onweldy, lourt.
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. E.i Clubbish hands, of crabbed Clowns.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 181 A meane man, and of a clubbishe nature.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis Clubbish, incomis, rudis.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Clubbish, rough and brutal.
3. Disposed or addicted to clubs.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [adjective] > disposed to or fit for club(s)
clubbable1791
clubbish1848
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 328 They were quiet stay-at-home men..none of them clubbish.
1868 M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile xxvi. 293 Wilmot—that young clubbish man.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > unmannerly > roughly or with lack of refinement
homelyc1390
rudelyc1405
greata1425
swinishly1542
clubbishly1548
carterly1556
homelily1556
brutishly1580
loutishly1580
boorishly1605
brutely1605
inurbanely1610
mechanically1613
porterly1659
coarsely1678
coarse1680
brutally1824
vulgarly1831
crudely1881
cubbishly1883
yobbishly1984
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlv One Ihon Skudder, answered hym clubbishly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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