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roosterish en · ADJ

Etymology

From rooster + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a rooster.
   • Perhaps in reference to its spectacular, arguably roosterish, red comb-like frontal plate. 2013, Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
   • Jimmy Lah was pouring some soapy blender concoction for the bar's only customer besides himself, a fruitcake with a roosterish yellow Mohawk and oversized pink eyeglasses. 1988, Peter Straub, Koko, Anchor Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 62:
   • When Kayak Boy was mad he put his shoulders back and stuck his head forward, a roosterish stance that reminded me of Travis. 2012, Mary Stewart Atwell, Wild Girls, Doubleday Canada, →ISBN:
2. (figuratively) Cocky, arrogant, prideful.
   • […] and when it was over he would blink and smirk around at the ladies, with a roosterish pride quite engaging to behold. 1955, Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar, Little, Brown and Company, published 2013, →ISBN:
   • "Poor boy," said Patience sympathetically, and Fisher eyed her with suddenly aroused manhood. "And that's all?" His big shoulders drooped, and the roosterish look went out of his eyes. 1933, Barnaby Ross, Drury Lane's Last Case, republished, March 1946, as by Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, page 24
   • He is very handsome, though too roosterish for me, with his big yacht and yellow sports car and overenthusiastic swimming. 2012, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Triurbia, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

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