"tigerish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tigerish [comparative], most tigerish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisc (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*tigrish}} Middle English *tigrish, {{m|enm|*tygrisch}} *tygrisch, {{inh|en|ang|tigrisc||of a tiger; tigerish}} Old English tigrisc (“of a tiger; tigerish”), {{suffix|en|tiger|ish}} tiger + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} tigerish (comparative more tigerish, superlative most tigerish)
  1. Having the characteristics of a tiger Synonyms: tigerlike, tigrish Translations (having the characteristics of a tiger): tigrisċ (Old English), tygrysi (Polish), tygrysowy (Polish), тигри́ный (tigrínyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tigerish-en-adj-oSwgF8Rw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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