cliquish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a clique.
  2. Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
    — But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.

词形变化

more cliquish comparative most cliquish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
cliquishly cliquishness uncliquish

词源

Etymology tree
English clique
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English cliquish
From clique + -ish.
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