Oxfordish

adj, name, slang

adj, name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford. UK, colloquial
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The slang spoken at the University of Oxford. UK, colloquial, dated

    ""[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long." "Last Long?" "Hem! last protracted vacation.""

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""[…] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long." "Last Long?" "Hem! last protracted vacation.""

Etymology

From Oxford + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Oxfordesque.

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