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spunkish en · ADJ

Etymology

From spunk + -ish.

Meanings

1. Synonym of spunky.
   • After Lil Rocker hastily greeted me with a brotherly handshake and his spunkish smile, I quickly inquired as to where he was going in such a rush. 2011, Mike Scott, Great American Youth: A True Saga, →ISBN, page 82:
2. Decrepit or unsound.
   • A shrunken elm-bole, which age and the lightnings have robbed of branch and twig, stands on a hump of earth beside a decayed and spunkish oak. 1907, Great Thoughts from Master Minds, page 352:
   • I do not know whether any of you have seen Mr. Crnwe. He is a thin, middle-sized chap of seven-and-twenty ; dark brown hair, a little frizzley ; face yellowfied by the West Indies ; grey eyes ; large teeth that project outwards like a horse's; spunkish legs, not very straight; and, withal, he has a rather delicate appearance. 1849, The Roscoe magazine and Lancashire and Cheshire literary reporter:

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Synonyms

spunky