adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Causing one to shiver, cold dialectal
2. 2
   Unpleasant; unsettled, windy, showery dialectal

Etymology

From dialectal shuck (“to shake, shiver”) + -ish.

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