Clubbish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a club (weapon).

    "For had not ſhe bene mercifull, my ſhip had ruſht on Rocks, And ſo decayed amids the ſtormes, through force of clubbiſh knocks"

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of a club (social establishment).

    "She remembered a long-ago dinner they shared at Chasen's, one of Hollywood's most clubbish and exclusive restaurants […]"

  3. 3
    Disposed to club together.

    "Some of the Centered Workshops get very clubbish, even encounter-groupish, I was told, and some don't. Ours didn't, although we certainly had a good time together."

Adjective
  1. 1
    effusively sociable wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
affableamiablecivilclubbyclubbycommunicative

Example

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"For had not ſhe bene mercifull, my ſhip had ruſht on Rocks, And ſo decayed amids the ſtormes, through force of clubbiſh knocks"

Etymology

From club + -ish.

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