bounderish, a.
(ˈbaʊndərɪʃ)
[f. bounder n.2 2 + -ish1.]
Having the character or characteristics of a bounder. So ˈbounderishly adv., ˈbounderishness.
| 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 35 With all his bounderishness, he was awfully clever. 1921 D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia 265 He smoked his cigarette bounderishly. 1928 Sunday Dispatch 23 Dec. 12 An awfully bounderish and unbearable sort of young man. 1959 Guardian 30 Sept. 7/1 The hero's Nietzschean vitality and young bounderishness. |