Dictionary

warrish en · ADJ

Etymology

From war + -ish.

Meanings

1. Militant; warlike.
   • The specific examples of warrish attitudes change from year to year, but the underlying bellicosity remains. 1996, Patrick J. Howell, A Spiritguide: Through Times of Darkness - Page 88:
   • Brightned the black horizon of his parish ; Gave to the Prince of Darkness such hard blows, That Satan was afraid to show his nose, (Except in hell), before this priest so warrish! 1788, Peter Pindar, Brother Peter to brother Tom: An expostulatory epistle:
   • Some of the soldiers were little more than boys; they had spent their entire lives practicing their caste's warrish obligations, but they had never marched to battle for their king. Nevertheless, they understood the War Rites; […] 2014, Mindy L. Klasky, The Glasswrights' Master:
   • Dear George, 'tis very true," replied the king, " Poor Honour is just come upon the parish; Merit may tramp tho streets, and ballads sing: My new-made knights can boast of nothing warrish. 1835, Peter Pindar, The works of Peter Pindar - Page 454:

Forms

Synonyms

warful