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单词 pukish
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pukishadj.1

Forms: 1500s pukishe.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puke n.1, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < puke n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Somewhat puke-coloured (see puke n.1 2).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > bluish-black
pukish1566
blue-black1626
sloe-black1735
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dviijv Bare foote, hyr lockes about her heade, Ytuckde in pukishe frocke [L. nigra succinctam vadere palla].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

pukishadj.2

Brit. /ˈpjuːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpjukɪʃ/
Forms: 1500s pewkish, 1800s– pukish.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puke v., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < puke v. + -ish suffix1. Compare earlier pukishness n., and also earlier puking adj., pukey adj.
Prone to puking, queasy; (also) characteristic or reminiscent of puke or vomit, disgusting. Cf. earlier pukishness n.
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1899 P. L. Ford Janice Meredith xvi. 103 Kinder gettin' anxious, heigh? I calkerlated yer'd find things sorter pukish.
1935 C. G. Finney Circus of Dr. Lao 77 He had a nasty minkish smell, keenly sweetish, fattily pukish, vile and penetrating.
1989 L. Wright in T. Fensch Best Mag. Articles 1988 36 He has told reporters, ‘You can write your poor little old pitiful pukish pulp in your papers if you want to’.
1998 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 13 Mar. a11/1 I get a little pukish when Ellen..and Ann..keep putting on these public displays..of just how much they ‘love’ each other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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