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boosterish en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Promotional; acting as or like a booster for a particular community or group
   • With their very first issue, those opinionated slobs declared their independence from the norms of Jewish journalism, whether sober journals like Commentary and Dissent or the boosterish newspapers sponsored by local Jewish federations. 2009 January 24, Samuel G. Freedman, “Long Afterlife for a Short-Lived Jewish Monthly”, in New York Times:

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