chicken-and-eggish in English

Forms: more chicken-and-eggish [comparative], most chicken-and-eggish [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: chicken and egg + -ish Etymology templates: {{af|en|chicken and egg|-ish}} chicken and egg + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} chicken-and-eggish (comparative more chicken-and-eggish, superlative most chicken-and-eggish)

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        "(informal, rare) Characteristic of a chicken-or-egg question; involving a dispute as to which of two interdependent things happened first."
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        "informal",
        "rare"
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        "Characteristic of a chicken-or-egg question; involving a dispute as to which of two interdependent things happened first."
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"chicken-and-eggish" meaning in English

Adjective