"dickish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪkɪʃ/ Forms: more dickish [comparative], most dickish [superlative]
Etymology: From dick + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dick|ish}} dick + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} dickish (comparative more dickish, superlative most dickish)
  1. (US, colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious. Tags: US, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar

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          "text": "I get so annoyed with his dickish behavior."
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          "ref": "1992 February 14, Ailsa Murphy, “Re: Sex & paganism (was Re: reply)”, in alt.pagan (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-04, message-ID <MAINE.92045.093550IO81409>",
          "text": "AZG has fallen in my eyes into the same category as that of Clayton Cramer, Artemus Ward, and the various passing idiots. i will not answer his posts unless he insults me personally, as i think if we all ignore him he will go away. even if we DON'T all ignore him, i don't want to be responsible for keeping him around... (although it is sexist of me to think AZG is a him. some women are that dickish and stupid after all...)",
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          "ref": "1992 March 31, Michael Wellck, “Re: College Campus Nudity”, in rec.nude (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-04, message-ID <darkstar.31711>",
          "text": "So basically, if any administrative person wanted to be dickish about it, they could take \"diciplinary action\" it they decided that the presence of a nude body was disruptive (which, unfortunatly, is normally the case).",
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        "(US, colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) Characteristic of a dick (a contemptible person); offensively unpleasant and vexatious."
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          "ref": "1992 February 14, Ailsa Murphy, “Re: Sex & paganism (was Re: reply)”, in alt.pagan (Usenet), retrieved 2018-02-04, message-ID <MAINE.92045.093550IO81409>",
          "text": "AZG has fallen in my eyes into the same category as that of Clayton Cramer, Artemus Ward, and the various passing idiots. i will not answer his posts unless he insults me personally, as i think if we all ignore him he will go away. even if we DON'T all ignore him, i don't want to be responsible for keeping him around... (although it is sexist of me to think AZG is a him. some women are that dickish and stupid after all...)",
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