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Oxfordish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Oxford + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordesque.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.

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Oxfordish en · PROPN

Etymology

From Oxford + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordesque.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated) The slang spoken at the University of Oxford.
    • "[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long." "Last Long?" "Hem! last protracted vacation." 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash: