brummishadj.
/ˈbrʌmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbrəmɪʃ/ slang. Now only in historical contexts.
Not genuine; counterfeit. Cf. Brum n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective]
counterfeitedc1385
counterfeitc1386
trothlessa1393
bastard1397
forged1484
apocryphate1486
adulterate?a1509
mockisha1513
sophisticate1531
adulterine1542
adulterous1547
mock1548
forbate1558
coined1582
firking1594
feigned1598
adulterated1610
apocryphal1612
spurious1615
usurpeda1616
impostured1619
mock-madea1625
suppository1641
affictitious1656
pasteboard1659
sophisticated1673
flam1678
Brummagem1679
sham1681
belieda1718
fictitious1739
Birmingham1785
pinchbeck1790
brummish1803
Brum1805
flash1812
spurious1830
bogus1839
imitative1839
dummy1846
doctored1853
postiche1854
pseudo1854
Brummagemish1855
snide1859
inauthentic1860
fake1879
bum1884
Brummie1886
tin1886
filled1887
duff1889
faked1890
shicec1890
margarine1891
dud1904
Potemkin village1904
mocked-up1919
phoney baloney1936
four-flushing1942
bodgie1956
moody1958
disauthentic1960
bodgied1988
bodgied-up1988
1803 G. Colman John Bull iii. ii. 32 Two guineas..one seems light, and the other looks a little brummish.
1925 Cosmopolitan Aug. 140/1 None of his gold-capped teeth, none of the brummish stones in his cravat-pin, links and finger-rings, no symbol of wealth could be lost upon this coolie fool.
1966 G. Heyer Black Sheep ix. 138 Trying how many brummish stories you could persuade her to swallow is what you mean!
1995 P. Warady Persistent Suitor ix. 69 ‘No young lady in her first season is allowed to waltz at Almack's.’ ‘Of all the brummish stories, that takes the palm!’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1803