uffish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ŭf'ĭsh

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. grumpy, ill-tempered nonce-word
    — And, as in uffish thought he stood, / The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, / And burbled as it came!

词形变化

more uffish comparative most uffish superlative

词源

Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll. From its sound; Carroll explained the word as "a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish."
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