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▪ I. buckish, a.1|ˈbʌkɪʃ|
[f. buck n.1 + -ish1.]
1. Resembling or characteristic of a he-goat; lascivious; ill-smelling.
1515Barclay Egloges iv. (1570) C vj/1 Buckishe Joly well stuffed as a ton. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 62 b, Sampharitik..hath a rammishe or buckishe styngkyng smell.
2. Of or resembling a ‘buck’ or dandy, foppish.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) v, Drunken hermits, Buckish magicians. 1870Daily News 19 Apr., The fashionable old gentlemen who appear to flourish and look buckish to a far greater age.
Hence ˈbuckishly adv., ˈbuckishness.
a1822Shelley Swellfoot ii. ii, She has been putting on boots and spurs, and a hunting-cap, buckishly cocked on one side. 1803Pic Nic No. 11 (1806) II. 140 Activity is fashion, honest emulation buckishness.
▪ II. buckish, a.2|ˈbʌkɪʃ|
[f. buck v.3 + -ish1.]
Inclined to buck; hence, high-spirited, in good fettle (slang, of persons).
1911Scott's Last Exped. (1913) I. xiii. 392 The ponies are very buckish and can scarcely be held in. |