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Definition of Jiggish
1. a. Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement.
Definition of Jiggish
1. Adjective. Resembling, or suitable for, a jig, or lively movement. ¹
2. Adjective. Playful; frisky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jiggish
1. suitable for a jig (a lively dance) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jiggish
Literary usage of Jiggish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Brief Lives" by John Aubrey, Andrew Clark (1898)
"... and Don Juan L amber to*, is very happy at jiggish ... is happy for a jiggish
phancy and gypsies and ballads. Katharine Philips (163^-1664). ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"What Aubrey calls his " jiggish phancy " inspired him to the making of almanacks,
the inditing of satires and to the conduct of political controversy. ..."
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