buckish

[ buhk-ish ]

adjective

1. impetuous; dashing.

Other Words From

• buckish·ly adverb
• buckish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of buckish¹

First recorded in 1505–15; buck ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The verb hang out, meaning to spend time or live, is attested in this 1811 "dictionary of Buckish Slang".

From The Guardian

I like something more buckish.

From Project Gutenberg

The pretty ones were all too buckish; and the steady ones, a set of the yellowest frights I ever beheld.'

From Project Gutenberg

Footnote 11: The established word for shirt-collar in Germany is the very odd one of Vater-m�rder, literally "Father-killers;" and they are said to have acquired this name from an anecdote manufactured on their first introduction, in order to ridicule their extravagant size and stiffness, as worn by buckish young men.

From Project Gutenberg

A new-booted, yellow-vested, blue-coated, red-headed, rosy-faced, buckish young bricklayer, was brought up from the neighbourhood of Cranford-bridge, charged by one Tom Nagle with having robbed him, on the King's highway, of ten shillings in money, and one bottle of "the best Jimakey rum."

From Project Gutenberg