Klingonish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of Klingons.

    "BATTLECRUISER: This ship doesn’t really look like anything in SFB, although its general shape is rather Klingonish. […] HEAVY CRUISER: Another ship that doesn’t look like anything, but is sufficiently Klingonish to be used for the F5L destroyer (at least it’s about the right size)."

Synonyms

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klingonesqueklingonian

Example

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"BATTLECRUISER: This ship doesn’t really look like anything in SFB, although its general shape is rather Klingonish. […] HEAVY CRUISER: Another ship that doesn’t look like anything, but is sufficiently Klingonish to be used for the F5L destroyer (at least it’s about the right size)."

Etymology

From Klingon + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Klingonesque.

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