cookish,a.rare.|ˈkʊkɪʃ| [f. cook n. + -ish.] Like a cook. Hence ˈcookishlyadv. 1611Dekker Roaring GirleWks. 1873 III. 177, I cannot abide a man thats too fond ouer me, so cookish.1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph. Acharnians iv. iv, How cookishly, how dinnerly He manages his duties.