coltish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a colt, especially:; Lively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature).
    — Commeth he in the morning to do his dutie and bid thee good morrow, belching sowre and smelling strongly of wine, which the day before he drunke at the taverne with companions like himselfe? seeme to know nothing. Senteth he of sweete perfumes and costly pomanders? Hold thy peace and say nothing. These are the means to tame and breake a wilde and coltish youth.
  2. Resembling a colt, especially:; Tall, thin and awkward (especially of an older child or adolescent).
    — He had a tangle of shock hair, the colour of wool; his mouth was a grin; although as strong as a horse, he looked neither heavy nor yet adroit, only leggy, coltish, and in the road.

词形变化

more coltish comparative most coltish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
coltishly coltishness

词源

From Middle English coltyssh. By surface analysis, colt + -ish.
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