swellish

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English

Etymology

From swell +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

Adjective

swellish (comparative more swellish, superlative most swellish)

  1. (slang, dated) Like a swell or dandy; stylish.
    Synonyms: buckish, dudish; see also Thesaurus:foppish

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for swellish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)