"thievish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more thievish [comparative], most thievish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English thevysch, equivalent to thief + -ish. Cognate with Saterland Frisian däifsk (“thievish”), Dutch diefs (“thievish”), German Low German deevsk (“thievish”), German diebisch (“thievish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thevysch}} Middle English thevysch, {{suffix|en|thief|ish}} thief + -ish, {{cog|stq|däifsk||thievish}} Saterland Frisian däifsk (“thievish”), {{cog|nl|diefs||thievish}} Dutch diefs (“thievish”), {{cog|nds-de|deevsk||thievish}} German Low German deevsk (“thievish”), {{cog|de|diebisch||thievish}} German diebisch (“thievish”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} thievish (comparative more thievish, superlative most thievish)
  1. Having a tendency to steal. Translations (Having a tendency to steal.): крадлив (kradliv) (Bulgarian), ŝtelema (Esperanto), diebisch (German), furtivo (Italian), fūrax (Latin), tagax (Latin), tyvaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), złodziejski (Polish), ворова́тый (vorovátyj) (Russian), лоповски (Serbo-Croatian), tjuvaktig (Swedish), злодійкува́тий (zlodijkuvátyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-thievish-en-adj-XclHx5iK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'Having a tendency to steal.': 93 7
  2. Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
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