briganˈdesqueadj.
After the style of a brigand.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [adjective]
buccaneering1701
freebooting1798
moss-trooping1805
buccaneerish1812
brigandine1832
filibustering1856
brigandish1877
brigandesque1883
1883 Good Words July 421/2 Now a shepherd would appear with his brigandesque hat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1883- he that sings once, weeps all his life after
- he that touches pitch shall be defiled
- he that will not when he may, when he will he shall not
- he that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime
- he this
- he thishe that
- he travels fastest who travels alone
- he travels the fastest who travels alone
- he who can, does he who cannot, teaches
- he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
- he who pisses against the wind, wets his shirt
- he who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock
- he who wills the end, wills the means
- he will go far
- he will not see a specified age again
- he will not see again
- he won't eat you
- he would be hard pressed to
- he would not thank you for doing it
- he wouldn't know a —— if it bit him
- he wouldn't know a —— if it bit him etc
- he wouldn't know a —— if it bit him her
- he wouldn't know a —— if it etc him
- he wouldn't know a —— if it etc him etc
- he wouldn't know a —— if it etc him her