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▪ I. bullish, a.1|ˈbʊlɪʃ|
[f. bull n.1 + -ish1.]
1. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling or having the nature of a bull.
1566T. Nuce Seneca's Octavia (1581) 166 b, Cuckoldes bullysh badge. a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 314 His bullish nature will be ploughed out in three years. 1830Fraser's Mag. II. 610 They are bullish, they are unmanageable, vindictive and irreconcileable.
2. Stock-Exchange, etc. Tending to or aiming at a rise in the price of stocks or of merchandise.
1882Pall Mall G. 5 July 5/2 We want to..make prices higher that Paris may see how ‘bullish’ we are. 1884Manch. Exam. 11 June 4/4 In this market..a great majority are ‘bullish’ about cotton.
▪ II. † ˈbullish, a.2 nonce-wd.
[f. bull n.2 + -ish1.]
Of or pertaining to papal bulls.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 36 Thys baudy bulle maker and hys other bullish begles.
▪ III. † bullish, a.3 Obs. rare.
[f. bull n.4 + -ish1.]
Having the nature of a ‘bull’ or grotesque blunder; laughably erroneous.
1641Milton Animadv. (1851) 191 A toothlesse Satyr is as improper as a toothed sleekstone, and as bullish. 1660S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 149 That Bullish Title of works but imperfectly good. |