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Synonyms for buckish

13 synonyms
2 meanings

adjective

Most common

foppish beauish dandyistic dandiacal

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Foppish — like a dandy; foppish

foppish, beauish, dandyistic, dandiacal, foppy, coxcombical, dandy, dandyish, macaronic dated, dudish dated, swellish slang dated

2. Stinky — like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious

stinky, lustful

Definitions

adj. 1
Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
adj. 2
Like a dandy; foppish.
Not to detail the history minutely, there was a pretty numerous company, two genteelish ladies and their husbands, one a clergyman of buckish cast […] .

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
buckish		steady
foppish		rising
dandiacal		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: dandy², foppy
6 letters: stinky², dudish
7 letters: lustful², foppish, beauish
8 letters: dandyish, swellish
9 letters: macaronic, dandiacal
10 letters: dandyistic
11 letters: coxcombical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dandy² = 2 syllables).