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   riggish

   /ˈrɪɡɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. lustful or sexually unrestrained (typically used of a woman). archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century: perhaps from dialect rig ‘imperfectly castrated animal’ (associated with wild behaviour).

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   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of RIGGISH is wanton. How to use riggish in a sentence.

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   What does rig mean?

   • From rig (“a wanton girl”) + -ish . 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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   Where does the word priggish come from?

   • The adjective priggish comes from the eighteenth century prig, "precise in speech and manners," which was also used to mean "religiously devout." Earlier, a prig was "a petty thief." Priggish people are snobby and self-righteous.

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   • Earlier, a prig was "a petty thief." Priggish people are snobby and self-righteous. An overly prim and proper movie character who's always telling other people what they should do is priggish.

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   adjective. rig· gish. ˈrigish. chiefly dialectal. : wanton. riggish embraces C. E. Montague. Word History. Etymology. rig entry 6 + -ish. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

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   RIG-ish. U.S. English. /ˈrɪɡɪʃ/ RIG-ish. See pronunciation. Where does the adjective riggish come from? Earliest known use. mid 1500s. The earliest known use of the adjective riggish is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for riggish is from 1569, in a translation by T. Roest. is perhaps formed within English, by derivation.

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   (ˈrɪɡɪʃ ) adjective. obsolete, dialect. wanton or lewd. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Trends of. riggish. View usage for: Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer. Obsolete, dialect wanton or lewd.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Definition of 'riggish' COBUILD frequency band. riggish in British English (ˈrɪɡɪʃ ) adjective. obsolete, dialect. ... Submit new words and phrases to the ...

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   Aug 7, 2023 · riggish (comparative more riggish, superlative most riggish) Wanton; lewd; tomboyish

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   Definition of Riggish in the Fine Dictionary. Meaning of Riggish with illustrations and photos. Pronunciation of Riggish and its etymology. Related words - Riggish synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms and rhymes. Example sentences containing Riggish

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   Riggish definition: (obsolete) Like a <a>rig</a> or <a>wanton</a>.