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单词 buccaneerish
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buccaneerishadj.

Etymology: Formed as buccaneer n. + -ish suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: buccaˈneerish.
Befitting or characteristic of a buccaneer.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [adjective]
buccaneering1701
freebooting1798
moss-trooping1805
buccaneerish1812
brigandine1832
filibustering1856
brigandish1877
brigandesque1883
1812 R. Southey Omniana II. ccxxiv. 216 From his black beard and buccaneerish sort of look, a sailor would suppose it to be Davy Jones.
c1850 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 80/2 There is a buccaneerish air About that garb outlandish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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