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spunkish

adj

Etymology

From spunk + -ish.

  1. derived from *(s)peng-✻ — “to shine”
  2. derived from *funkô✻
  3. derived from *funkō✻
  4. derived from *funca✻
  5. derived from funke
  6. formed as spunkish — “spunk + -ish”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of spunky.

    • After Lil Rocker hastily greeted me with a brotherly handshake and his spunkish smile, I quickly inquired as to where he was going in such a rush.

  2. Decrepit or unsound.

    • A shrunken elm-bole, which age and the lightnings have robbed of branch and twig, stands on a hump of earth beside a decayed and spunkish oak.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA