"headish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more headish [comparative], most headish [superlative]
Etymology: From head + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|head|ish}} head + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} headish (comparative more headish, superlative most headish)
  1. (UK dialectal) Headstrong. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-headish-en-adj-Dm7wQkVP Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 50 25 25
  2. (UK dialectal) Testy. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-headish-en-adj-qrWe6nXf Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK dialectal) Flighty. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-headish-en-adj-g2zCn1CS Categories (other): British English

Download JSON data for headish meaning in English (1.6kB)

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