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{ "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms suffixed with -ish" ], "derived": [ { "word": "shrewishly" }, { "word": "shrewishness" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "shrew", "3": "ish" }, "expansion": "shrew + -ish", "name": "suffix" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "schrewis" }, "expansion": "Middle English schrewis", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "shrewessh" }, "expansion": "shrewessh", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "shrewyssh", "t": "wicked, malignant" }, "expansion": "shrewyssh (“wicked, malignant”)", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From shrew + -ish. Compare Middle English schrewis, shrewessh, shrewyssh (“wicked, malignant”).", "forms": [ { "form": "more shrewish", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most shrewish", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "shrewish (comparative more shrewish, superlative most shrewish)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman)." ], "links": [ [ "shrew", "shrew" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew." ], "links": [ [ "Bad-tempered", "bad-tempered" ], [ "ill-natured", "ill-natured" ], [ "obstinate", "obstinate" ] ] } ], "word": "shrewish" }
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