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chookish en · ADJ

Etymology

From chook + -ish.

Meanings

1. Chickenlike.
   • 'Most mist-ish, indeed. You perceived my true essence. Would you describe my thoughts as uniform? At one? Eh?' 'I guess so. Uniformly... chookish.' 2011, D. C. Green, Erasmus James and the Grat Siege, →ISBN, page 54:
   • I was exquisitely aware of the irises' bluish purple corolla and the yellow markings like tongues of flame; of the smell of the ginger cake I'd just baked, the cool air, the morning light, the chookish utterances in the backyard. 2018, Diana Blackwood, Chaconne, →ISBN:
   • One thing that interests me is the clucking, chookish reaction of so many of my friends. 2014, Gillian Dooley, Graham Nerlich, Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie, →ISBN:

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