martyrishadj.
/ˈmɑːtərɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrdərɪʃ/ Having the air of a martyr.
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1888 F. Barrett Recoiling Vengeance II. vi. 83 Awdrey's quiet, long-suffering, martyrish manner.
1973 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 17/3 Those far-seeing, contented, martyrish, rather plump faces that only pregnant women get quite right.
1983 Listener 7 July 37/4 The failed writer gone to gin and rescued from himself by a gratingly martyrish Jane Wyman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1888- think one's shit doesn't stink
- think out
- think out loud
- think outside the box
- think over
- think proper
- think room
- think scathe of
- think scorn
- think scorn of
- think shame
- think small
- think small beer of
- think so
- think straight
- think strange concerning
- think strange of
- think strong beer of oneself
- think sweam
- think the better of
- think the same of
- think the sun shines out of a person
- think the sun shines out of a person's arse
- think the sun shines out of a person's backside
- think the sun shines out of a person's bum