Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Mock; sham.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Mock; counterfeit; sham.

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  • adjective obsolete mock; counterfeit; sham

Etymologies

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mock +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Sure, laugh all you want, but until you can walk a mile in my urine-soaked shoes, I suggest you keep your mockish tone to yourself.

    Caretaker Sues Over Ladder Accident 2008

  • That was a little bit mockish, but it could have very well made the same point by putting it on tape.

    CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2002 2002

  • Given that most of what we write is made-up (there I said it), and that we're usually still suffering from St. Patrick's Day hangovers (hey, we really know how to party ... or we don't), we're somewhat less enthusiastic about April Fool's Day and the online explosion of nigh-believable news content and other mockish frippery.

    The Toque 2009

  • One uncomfortably adjusts himself to a self-serious act that appears mockish at best; the other desperately tries to take himself less seriously with a silly slasher.

    unknown title 2009

  • And I didn't want anything to do with a film that was mockish, over sentimental, misguided or weepy. "

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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