gittish

English

Etymology

git +‎ -ish

Adjective

gittish (comparative more gittish, superlative most gittish)

  1. (UK, slang) Like a git; jerkish; obnoxious.
    • 1987, Blackadder (TV series), "Amy and Amiability" (series 3, episode 5)
      Prince George is shy and just pretends to be bluff and crass and unbelievably thick and gittish, whilst deep down he is a soft little marshmallowy, pigletty type of creature.
    • 2010, Kate Long, The Daughter Game, page 5:
      Anna sighed. 'Jackson was a git. As usual.'
      'Uneasy lies the head that wears a throne. Specifically gittish, or just generally?'
    • 2020, Anna Stuart, Four Minutes to Save a Life:
      He'd done it to escape the bitter, miserable git of a man he'd become. […] Problem was, his home self could still be pretty gittish, and if he went to these awards everyone might see that.
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