bobbishadj.
/ˈbɒbɪʃ/ dialect and slang.
Well; in good health and spirits.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy
wholeeOE
isoundOE
i-sundfulc1000
ferec1175
soundc1175
fish-wholea1225
forthlyc1230
steadfasta1300
wella1300
safec1300
tidya1325
halec1330
quartc1330
well-faringc1330
well-tempered1340
well-disposeda1398
wealyc1400
furnished1473
mighty?a1475
quartful?c1475
good1527
wholesomea1533
crank1548
healthful1550
healthy1552
hearty1552
healthsome1563
well-affected?1563
disposed1575
as sound as a bell1576
firm1577
well-conditioned1580
sound1605
unvaletudinary1650
all right1652
valid1652
as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655
fair-like1663
hoddy1664
wanton1674
stout?1697
trig1704
well-hained1722
sprack1747
caller1754
sane1755
finely1763
bobbish1780
cleverly1784
right1787
smart1788
fine1791
eucratic1795
nobbling1825
as right as a trivet1835
first rate1841
in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844
gay1855
sprackish1882
game ball1905
abled1946
well-toned1952
a hundred per cent1960
oke1960
1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral 3 I was so good-natur'd, so bobbish and gay.
1819 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1842) xliv. 394 I trust you will find me pretty bobbish.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lvii. 565 ‘The cows is well, and the boys is bobbish.’
1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 231/1 Finding himself ‘pretty bobbish’ on the morning after the memorable night in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. xiii. 268 Pretty bobbish, thankee, Mr. Rowan; and how's yourself?
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. vi. 258 He did not feel so ‘bobbish’ before this third encounter with that fellow.
Derivatives
ˈbobbishly adv. Well, fairly, briskly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb]
wellOE
well-a-finec1330
tidily1340
substantiallyc1449
gradely1584
rumly1610
soa1616
respectably1619
bobbishly1813
ryebuck1895
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > briskly or actively
quiverlyOE
smartc1300
smartlyc1300
spacklya1350
merrilyc1390
sprackly1393
livelyc1425
activelya1500
busilya1513
allegrement1608
alacriously1609
nippily1650
briskly1665
alertly1725
up and doing1817
pert1859
brash1884
stirringly1889
bobbishly1936
1813 W. Scott Let. 12 Jan. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. i. 39 The book has gone off here very bobbishly.
1819 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. xlv. 285 You will find me looking pretty bobbishly.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxix. 304 ‘Oh, so you know about that, too?’ She laughed, though not too bobbishly.
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adj.1780