goosish

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːsɪʃ/

Alternative forms

Etymology

From goose +‎ -ish.

Adjective

goosish (comparative more goosish, superlative most goosish)

  1. Like a goose; somewhat gooselike.
  2. (by extension) Foolish.
    • 1386, Chaucer, “III.584”, in Troilus and Criseyde‎:
      For to be war of goosish peples speche, That dremen thinges whiche that never were...
    • 2008, Georgette Heyer, Charity Girl - Page 23:
      Don't do anything gooseish, will you?' 'No, and don't you do anything gooseish either!' she retorted.
    • 2011, Barbara Metzger, An Angel for the Earl:
      “Don't be goosish.” Lucy was studying the room.
    • 2012, Candace Camp, The Wedding Challenge:
      […] She was always gooseish.” She waved her fan languidly as they made their way through the crowd until they reached the other side of the room.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for goosish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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