Greenhornish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a greenhorn; lacking experience; naive.

    "I was sent, of course, to a relative, a huge woman with a crooked wig and many chins with as many wens, who called herself my aunt Chaya and would only ever call me greenhornish Soora."

Example

More examples

"I was sent, of course, to a relative, a huge woman with a crooked wig and many chins with as many wens, who called herself my aunt Chaya and would only ever call me greenhornish Soora."

Etymology

From greenhorn + -ish.

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