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English
Etymology
From Oxford + -ish.
Adjective
Oxfordish (comparative more Oxfordish, superlative most Oxfordish)
- (UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.
Proper noun
Oxfordish
- (UK, colloquial, dated) The slang spoken at the University of Oxford.
1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:" […] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long."
"Last Long?"
"Hem! last protracted vacation."