Dictionary

cuntish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn? Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ Proto-West Germanic *kuntā Old English *cunte Middle English cunte English [Term?] English cunt Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English cuntish From cunt + -ish.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) Like a cunt (objectionable person).
   • He's by some distance the most attractive man in the room, in a purely cuntish way... With his unnecessary shades and dozey self-regard, his crinkly old eyes and dishevelled hair and jeans and silly jogging shoes he looks an arsehole. 1987, William Donaldson., Is This Allowed?, page 95:
   • 'He said, "They've really bolted me up here." I said, "Tell me, first and foremost, did you actually say it?" "Yes - but I didn't mean it in the context it's come out in. I know it was a cuntish thing to say." I said, "This is your 'Bigger than Jesus Christ' thing."' 2003, John Harris, quoting Tim Abbot, quoting Noel Gallagher., The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock, page 250:
   • So round we span with it, until someone had the brilliant/cuntish brainwave of stopping at the first lone homewalker, pretending to ask for directions and then flinging the pint of piss in his face. 1998, Simon Skinner., Song of the Suburbs, page 74:
   • 'A right cuntish thing to do,' the sergeant told Peter. 'For a bright lad like you - pathetic' Peter had to admit that the anger at his carelessness was justified. 1982, Arthur Hopcraft., Mid-century Men, page 209:

Forms

Deriveds

cuntishness · cuntishly

Synonyms

cunty