"cookish" meaning in English

See cookish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cookish [comparative], most cookish [superlative]
Etymology: cook + -ish Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cook|ish}} cook + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} cookish (comparative more cookish, superlative most cookish)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cook.
    Sense id: en-cookish-en-adj-bcpsob8q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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