Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or like a parson.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial, derogatory Like, or befitting, a
parson .
Etymologies
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parson + -ish
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Examples
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They go the wrong way to work; they are too parsonish, too much of the old wife, and even the old apple wife.
The Ebb-Tide Lloyd Osbourne 1907
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A small, clean-shaven, parsonish-looking man, with the regulation white choker, stood by the water waiting for us.
A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Guy Boothby 1886
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