What does "burgish" mean?

Of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.

What is a synonym for "burgish"?

Common synonyms include: townish, townish.

Burgish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, like, resembling, or typical of a burg; citylike.
"Maybe she needed to get out of the house—she's been inside it for two days—but that would only bring everything into sharper focus. She'd see more clearly how burgish Bleak could get."

Synonyms

All synonyms

townish townish

Example

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"Maybe she needed to get out of the house—she's been inside it for two days—but that would only bring everything into sharper focus. She'd see more clearly how burgish Bleak could get."

Etymology

From burg + -ish. Compare burgeois, burgess.

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