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buckish

[buhk-ish]

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adjective

impetuous; dashing.

Origin of buckish

First recorded in 1505–15; buck¹ + -ish¹

Related formsbuck·ish·ly, adverbbuck·ish·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for buckish

Historical Examples of buckish

Tom Nagle thanked his worship, and the buckish young bricklayer was held to bail.
Mornings at Bow Street
John Wight
The pretty ones were all too buckish; and the steady ones, a set of the yellowest frights I ever beheld.'
The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5)
Fanny Burney

Word Origin and History for buckish

adj.

"dandyish," 1782, from buck (n.1) in the slang sense + -ish. Related: Buckishly.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper