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counterculturish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English counterculturish From counterculture + -ish.

Meanings

1. (informal) Somewhat countercultural; suggestive of counterculture.
   • Just how firmly is clear right off, when, on the flight to Warren's third wedding, he meets a Hasidic couple and has tolerant counterculturish thoughts about them. 1996 January 28, Jacqueline Carey, “A Cuckold in Crown Heights”, in The New York Times:

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