tigerishness
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a word derived from
tiger.
tigernouna large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
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a word derived from
tigerish.
tigerishadjectivetigerlike, as in strength, fierceness, courage, or coloration.
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Goring's jocund tigerishness is embodied by a bulky Hungarian named Alexander Pope.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She snarls with a sudden access of tigerishness.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan