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stiffish, a.|ˈstɪfɪʃ|
[-ish1.]
Rather stiff.
1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 266 A stiffish, loamy, moist Soil. 1769Mrs. Raffald Engl. Housekpr. (1778) 245 Dip a lump of..sugar in water, boil it stiffish. 1840Hood Open Question 41 Some stiffish people think that smoking joints Are carnal sins 'twixt Saturday and Monday. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xxix, I'd given him [a horse] some stiffish days after the farthest out cattle. 1911Marett Anthrop. ii. 41 It is not far, though a stiffish pull, to Ash. 1915Ld. Redesdale Memories I. 111, I quite admit that there ought to be a stiffish examination of the nominees. |