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bankerish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English banker Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English bankerish From banker + -ish.

Meanings

1. Like a banker.
   • The Far Common was still empty, and I walked alone down the wide gravel paths among those most Republican, bankerish of trees, New England elms, toward the far side of the school. 1959, John Knowles, chapter 1, in A Separate Peace:
2. Like that of a banker; fit for a banker.

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