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rowdyish

American  
[rou-dee-ish] / ˈraʊ di ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. like or characteristic of a rowdy.

  2. disposed to or characterized by rowdyism.


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Etymology

Origin of rowdyish

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; rowdy + -ish 1

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New Plays Honeymooning is a rowdyish jamboree, in which only the naive may find a modicum of unsophisticated amusement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turning to the northwest, the dusty road runs on beside the river and beneath the bluffs lined with rowdyish folk, who shout down greetings to their acquaintances and compliments to the ladies, toward the ermita.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

On a wooded hillside, where grew a profusion of trailing arbutus, pink azalea, and bird-foot violets, the rowdyish, great-crested flycatchers were screaming in the tree-tops.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

They were a noisy, turbulent mob, cheered on by like rowdyish sympathizers lining the pavements.

From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Chapman, Allen

The cause was simply that the rowdyish diathesis is just now prevalent.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

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