"engineerish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more engineerish [comparative], most engineerish [superlative]
Etymology: From engineer + -ish. Etymology templates: {{af|en|engineer|-ish}} engineer + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} engineerish (comparative more engineerish, superlative most engineerish)
  1. Characteristic of an engineer.
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