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Definition of Swellish
1. a. Dandified; stylish.
Definition of Swellish
1. Adjective. (slang dated) Like a swell or dandy; stylish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swellish
1. foppish [adj] - See also: foppish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swellish
Literary usage of Swellish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"Nobby (123), "swellish", an adjective derived from nob, a vulgar curtailing of
... Lardy, " languidly swellish", is a slang adjective, affected by 'Arry. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Smart, natty, swellish. See also NOBBY. *KNOT (always nat). Any small bed of
flowers is called by this name. I think it is generally applied to the small ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"(To be continued.) ROBERTS CRISMAS STORY. (As append last Summer.) I WAS a staying
at swellish Surbiton and had been ingaged at Appy Ampton a ..."
4. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1859)
"His other ideas are purely swellish; he cannot recollect anybody's name, he cannot
stand about without lolling, he cannot keep his hands out of his ..."
5. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"Nobby (123), "swellish", an adjective derived from nob, a vulgar curtailing of
... Lardy, " languidly swellish", is a slang adjective, affected by 'Arry. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Smart, natty, swellish. See also NOBBY. *KNOT (always nat). Any small bed of
flowers is called by this name. I think it is generally applied to the small ..."
7. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"(To be continued.) ROBERTS CRISMAS STORY. (As append last Summer.) I WAS a staying
at swellish Surbiton and had been ingaged at Appy Ampton a ..."
8. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1859)
"His other ideas are purely swellish; he cannot recollect anybody's name, he cannot
stand about without lolling, he cannot keep his hands out of his ..."
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