buckishadj.1
/ˈbʌkɪʃ/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a he-goat; lascivious; ill-smelling.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > of desires, pleasures, etc.
lustlyc1200
buckish?1521
concupiscible1526
concupiscential1577
committinga1643
satyrish1876
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Ciijv Buckysshe ioly, wele stuffed as a ton.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 62v Sampharitik..hath a rammishe or buckishe styngkyng smell.
2. Of or resembling a ‘buck’ or dandy, foppish.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > dandyish
quaintc1330
skipjack1598
satin1603
coxcombly1610
prigginga1627
coxcombical1649
skipjackly1674
jessamy1696
beauish1699
foppish1699
priggish1701
Jemmy Jessamine1786
macaronian1792
buckish1806
dandy1813
dandified1826
dandyish1826
Brummellian1829
dandyic1832
dandiacal1834
squirtish1843
macaronyish1858
fine-gentlemanish1865
foppy1878
dude1879
dudish1883
fancy1891
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 98 Drunken hermits, Buckish magicians.
1870 Daily News 19 Apr. The fashionable old gentlemen who appear to flourish and look buckish to a far greater age.
Derivatives
ˈbuckishly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb] > dandyishly
coxcombically1654
priggishly1721
buckishly1820
dandily1834
dandyishly1868
foppishly1876
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. ii. 44 (stage direct.) During this speech she has been putting on boots and spurs, and a hunting cap, buckishly cocked on one side.
ˈbuckishness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > style or condition of
wantonnessc1405
beauship1696
foppery1697
beauetry1702
foppishness1741
buckism1753
macaronism1775
buckishness1803
dandiness1819
dandyism1819
petit maitreship1822
dandyhood1823
petit maitreism1824
dandification1827
exquisitism1833
beauism1844
dandydomc1850
tigerishness1869
dudedom1883
dudeism1883
dudery1883
dudeness1884
1803 Pic Nic No. 11. 3 Activity is fashion, honest emulation buckishness.
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buckishadj.2
/ˈbʌkɪʃ/ Inclined to buck; hence, high-spirited, in good fettle (slang, of persons).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish
skeyc1440
skittish?1510
skeigh1513
fiery?1561
gay1590
sprightful1598
frampold1600
mettleablec1600
mettle1606
fire-snort1608
mettleda1627
spiritly1630
spiritful1644
mettlesome1655
skeighish1827
flighty1828
slashing1862
fly-about1889
buckish1911
snuffy1955
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > leaping or prancing > bucking
bucking1859
sunfishing1908
buckish1911
1911 Scott's Last Exped. (1913) I. xiii. 392 The ponies are very buckish and can scarcely be held in.
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