chookish

English

Etymology

From chook +‎ -ish.

Adjective

chookish (comparative more chookish, superlative most chookish)

  1. Chickenlike.
    • 2011, D. C. Green, Erasmus James and the Grat Siege, →ISBN, page 54:
      'Most mist-ish, indeed. You perceived my true essence. Would you describe my thoughts as uniform? At one? Eh?' 'I guess so. Uniformly... chookish.'
    • 2014, Gillian Dooley, Graham Nerlich, Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie, →ISBN:
      One thing that interests me is the clucking, chookish reaction of so many of my friends.
    • 2018, Diana Blackwood, Chaconne, →ISBN:
      I was exquisitely aware of the irises' bluish purple corolla and the yellow markings like tongues of flame; of the smell of the ginger cake I'd just baked, the cool air, the morning light, the chookish utterances in the backyard.
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