dudish

[doo-dish, dyoo-]

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of a dude, as in manner or appearance.

Other Word Forms

• dudishly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dudish¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; dude + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Photograph: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Is there a cooler actor than Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish thesp extraordinaire and the man so dudish Paul Bettany named his son after him?

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But bless his little dudish heart! he will learn better.

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I'm afraid that if I brushed him every day he'd get dudish an' unreliable, like me....

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Maybe they do make me look dudish.

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No other boy of their acquaintance was so dudish or comic in dress and manner.

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