warrish

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -ish.

Adjective

warrish (comparative more warrish, superlative most warrish)

  1. Militant; warlike.
    • 1788, Peter Pindar, Brother Peter to brother Tom: An expostulatory epistle:
      Brightned the black horizon of his parish ; Gave to the Prince of Darkness such hard blows, That Satan was afraid to show his nose, (Except in hell), before this priest so warrish!
    • 1835, Peter Pindar, The works of Peter Pindar - Page 454:
      Dear George, 'tis very true," replied the king, " Poor Honour is just come upon the parish; Merit may tramp tho streets, and ballads sing: My new-made knights can boast of nothing warrish.
    • 1996, Patrick J. Howell, A Spiritguide: Through Times of Darkness - Page 88:
      The specific examples of warrish attitudes change from year to year, but the underlying bellicosity remains.
    • 2014, Mindy L. Klasky, The Glasswrights' Master:
      Some of the soldiers were little more than boys; they had spent their entire lives practicing their caste's warrish obligations, but they had never marched to battle for their king. Nevertheless, they understood the War Rites; […]

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